If you have watched Yaadon Ki Baaraat a 1973 Blockbuster then you would remember that the villain Shakhaal played brilliantly by Ajit used to wear different size shoes on his feet. That was an exaggeration but in reality also our right foot is slightly bigger than the left foot. Let us find out why?
The structure of our body is not completely symmetrical. There is a little asymmetry between the left and the right sides of the body. If we notice carefully, we find the right side of our face is slightly more developed than the left side. The length of the right leg is slightly more than that of the left one. The right hand is slightly bigger than the left one. Our heart is located on the left while the liver on the right. The inner constitution of the body is not complete symmetry. That is why even the development of the bones is slightly asymmetrical. Because of this asymmetrical development, our right foot is slightly bigger than the left foot.
The asymmetrical structure of the body affects us in many ways. One of the effects of this is that we are not able to walk in straight line if we are blindfolded. We start moving in circles. This is true of animals also.
Are you curious about why the right side is slightly more developed than the left one? Though nothing can be said with certainty about this, scientists have the view that since most of the people use their right limbs more often for any work, their right side gets more developed than the left. 90% of the population uses right hand more than the left hand. Only 10% are left-handed. The brain controls the use of the right or the left hand. It is the left part of the brain which regulates the functioning of the right limbs, and the right part of the brain controls the left limbs of the body. In the world, greater of people have the left side of their brain more developed than the right one. Hence the number of right-handers is also large.
