ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLANTIGRADE
Via French from New Latin plantigradus, from Latin planta sole of the foot + gradus a step.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLANTIGRADE»
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plantigrade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Pediatric Physical Therapy
Plantigrade creeping, sometimes referred to as bear walking, is more of a
transitional posture than a form of locomotion. However, some children do use
the plantigrade position, open hands and plantar surfaces of the feet in closed-
chain ...
Jan Stephen Tecklin, 2008
2
Skulls and Bones: A Guide to the Skeletal Structures and ...
Omnivores such as humans and bears use plantigrade locomotion. Although
most mammals rely on digitigrade or unguligrade locomotion, some switch
between digitigrade and plantigrade locomotion as circumstances warrant. For
example ...
3
The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.). SCANSORIAL
AMBULATORY PLANTIGRADE (SQUIRREL) SCANSORIAL (CREEPING)
PLANTIGRADE (HOWLER) SCANSORIAL (LEAPING) PLANTIGRADE (LEMUR)
...
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.), 2003
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Thunder-lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs
ents the digits such that they assume a semi-plantigrade posture, an
arrangement that would have loaded the metatarsals at an angle of
approximately 45°. The term "semi-digitigrade" (Wilson and Scrcrio 1998) lias
also been used to describe ...
Virginia Tidwell, Kenneth Carpenter, 2005
5
Proconsul Heseloni Feet from Rusinga Island, Kenya
... semi-plantigrade Colobus guereza, C. angolensis* black and white colobus
5.21 6.69 A A semi-plantigrade 9.2 13.5 A A semi-plantigrade Colobus badius*
red colobus 8.2 8.36 A A semi-plantigrade Macaca mulatta rhesus macaque 5.37
...
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Biology of the Hard Clam
window. Seawater (ambient coastal salinities and summer temperatures) in the
cells is changed frequently, or preferably ran continuously (Carriker, 1961).
During burrowing, the plantigrade extends its foot downward out of the mantle
cavity, ...
J.N. Kraeuter, M. Castagna, 2001
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Locomotor Neural Mechanisms in Arthropods and Vertebrates
Human plantigrade gait Although other animals may walk on two legs, none have
a plantigrade gait similar to man (Elftman and Manter, 1935; Prost, 1967). Only
humans have upright bipedal locomotion with distinguishing plantigrade ...
David M. Armstrong, Brian M. H. Bush, 1991
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Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation
The therapist maintains manual contacts on the pelvis to facilitate the
accompanying pelvic rotation. The verbal cue is “Shift forward and step; now shift
backward and step.” FIGURE 7.17 Modified plantigrade, diagnonal weight shifts
with pelvic ...
Susan B O'Sullivan, Thomas J Schmitz, 2009
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Mammal Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide
This arrangement is called a plantigrade stance. This is an adaptation that helps
support the great weight of the animal. Bears share with other carnivores an
unusual bone in their feet. Most mammals have several bones in the wrist or
ankle, ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2010
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Rockwood and Green's Fractures in Adults: Two Volumes Plus ...
After 6 weeks, non—weight-bearing, self-directed range-of-motion exercises of
the foot through the ankle and subtalar joint should begin with the foot being
protected in a removable cast or plantigrade splint. Weight bearing may begin at
10 ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLANTIGRADE»
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plantigrade is used in the context of the following news items.
Plantigrade Pastry Purloiner Persnickety
A Colorado bear recently had itself a heck of a breakfast: 24 pies. The owners of the Colorado Cherry Company bakery between Lyons and ... «NPR, Jul 15»
Foot casts may limit harm caused by neuroarthropathy
After four months of serial casting to reform the shape and position of his foot, the patient regained full ambulation with a plantigrade foot and no ... «McKnight's Long Term Care News, Jul 15»
Bear at high noon
It is not merely that the plantigrade feet of the bear leave behind such semi-human prints, or that the carcass of a skinned bear is so horribly like ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»
Foot Pain Worsens Effects of Knee OA
... pronation (contributing to subsequent pathology and pain) to ensure the foot is plantigrade to the ground during the stance phase of walking," ... «MedPage Today, Jan 15»
The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Fossa
The fossa walks flatfooted on the soles of its feet, like a bear, in a method of locomotion known as 'plantigrade.' This gives them extra balance ... «Wired, Jan 15»
In rural Pa., a bloody tradition: 'Watching the bear come in'
In the far west a brown variety of the same species is found. In gait the animal is plantigrade, and is capable lifting itself on its great hind feet ... «PennLive.com, Nov 13»
Quetzalcoatlus: the evil, pin-headed, toothy nightmare monster that …
... by uniquely pterosaurian weirdness; membranous wings supported by giant fingers, a large cranial crest, plantigrade feet, and so on. «Scientific American, Aug 13»
Climate Change Could Spell Final 'Chuckle' For Alpine Frog
More From Animals. Animals. Plantigrade Pastry Purloiner Persnickety · Strange News. A Siberian Town Throws A Party For Pests — And ... «NPR, Aug 13»
Pasco's PEACE camps give kids hands-on environmental experience
Plantigrade means the animal walks on its whole foot. Digitigrade means it walks on its toes. And unguligrade means the animal is hoofed. «Northwest News and Tribune, Jun 13»
Dinosauroids revisited, revisited
Digitigrade feet, not plantigrade ones. A long tail, not a reduced one. The main theme here might be familiar to regular blog readers given that ... «Scientific American, Oct 12»
