Locomotion
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In a general sense, locomotion simply means active movement or travel
- In biology, locomotion is the self-powered, patterned motion of limbs or other anatomical parts by which an individual customarily moves itself from place to place. Forms of locomotion are:
Animal locomotion on land | |
|---|---|
| Legged | Brachiation · Climbing · Crawling · Hand-walking · Hopping · Knuckle-walking · Leaping · Running · Walking |
| Anatomy | Digitigrade · Plantigrade · Unguligrade · Uniped · Biped · Triped · Quadruped · Facultative biped |
| Specific | Dog gait · Horse gait · Human gait |
| Fish locomotion · Flying and gliding animals · Animal locomotion on the surface layer of water | |
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