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...l-Simons">{{cite book | last = Ankel-Simons | first = F. | title = Primate Anatomy | edition = 3rd | publisher = Academic Press | pages = 49–53 | year = 2007 ...erns]]. For scores lower than 100, the forelimbs are shorter than the hind limbs, which is common in [[Jumping|leaping]] primates and [[Bipedalism|bipedal]] ...

...interact with their environment, humans must adjust the stiffness of their limbs. This is accomplished via the co-contraction of antagonistic muscle groups. ...various tasks. It has been shown that humans change the stiffness of their limbs as they perform tasks such as hopping,<ref name= Oliver>{{cite journal|last ...

Its [[Pes (anatomy)|pes]] is wide and short, particularly towards the distal segments, while t ...ons in some of its bones prevent lateral movements, especially in the hind limbs, with some features being similar to those of cursorial mammals. Some of it ...

== Anatomy == .../books.google.com/books?id=NCPOBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA432}}</ref> Proprioception of limbs often occurs due to receptors in [[connective tissue]] near joints.<ref>{{c ...

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Some basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology are necessary for understanding the effects of diving on the ...ood shift (diving)|blood shift]] from the [[extravascular]] tissues of the limbs into the chest cavity,<ref name="Pendergast and Lundgren 2009" /> and fluid ...

* [[Anatomy]] — In 1600 BCE, the [[Edwin Smith Papyrus]], an [[Ancient Egyptian medicin ...tool shown on one of the panels has the legs shaped like the fore and hind limbs of an animal, a form common in Egypt for thousands of years. ...