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Brachiation (from "brachium",
Latin for "arm"), or arm swinging, is a form of
arboreal locomotion in
which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb...
- In some
areas trees are
close together and can be
crossed by
simple brachiation. In
other areas,
trees are not
close together and
animals need to have...
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locomotion known as
brachiation, with
forelimbs as the
prime mover. Some
elements of the
gymnastic sport of
uneven bars
resemble brachiation, but most adult...
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muscles of the
rotator cuff in apes like the orangutan,
which engage in
brachiation and
possess the
muscle m****
needed to
support the body
weight by the...
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avoiding predators.
Different types of
suspensory behaviour include brachiation, climbing, and bridging.
These mechanisms allow larger species to distribute...
- branch,
through a
process called brachiation.
Their arms are
longer than
their legs, and are much more powerful.
Brachiation was
traditionally used to explain...
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Legged Arboreal locomotion (
Brachiation) Hand-walking
Jumping Knuckle-walking
Running Walking Legless Concertina movement Undulatory locomotion Rectilinear...
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anatomical adaptations, first, to
vertical hanging and
swinging locomotion (
brachiation) and, later, to
developing balance in a
bipedal pose. Note
there are...
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include leaping from tree to tree and
swinging between branches of
trees (
brachiation);
terrestrial locomotion techniques include walking on two hindlimbs...
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knuckles (or more
properly on the
middle phalanges of the fingers), and
brachiation (swinging from
branch to branch), a
style of
bipedalism in
which flexed...
