Eli5: Why can’t we move our toes individually like we can our fingers?

Question

Eli5: Why can’t we move our toes individually like we can our fingers?

In: Biology

Answer 1

A lot of It has to do with the muscle structure. Muscles in the hand extend from the wrist to the phalanges, each finger connected by it’s own muscle.

Feet on the other hand, have a different network of muscles that control the toes. One larger one for the big toe (the reason you can wiggle it separately), one v shaped muscle that extends from the base of the fibula to the the space between the big toe and the next one over and then across until the space between the pinkie toe. the one last muscle that runs from the ankle to the pinkie toe