Locomotion of Animals
Locomotion of Animals By R. McNeill Alexander D.Sc.
English | PDF | 1982 | 170 Pages | ISBN : 9401160112 | 13.23 MB
English | PDF | 1982 | 170 Pages | ISBN : 9401160112 | 13.23 MB
This book is about how animals travel around on land, in water and in the air. It is mainly about mechanisms of locomotion, their limitations and their energy requirements. There is some information about muscle physiology in Chapter 1, but only as much as seems necessary for the discussions of mechanisms and energetics.
There is information in later chapters about the patterns of repetitive movement involved, for instance, in different gaits, but nothing about nervous mechanisms of coordination. I have tried to include most ofthe widely-used methods of locomotion, but have not thought it sensible to try to mention every variety of locomotion used by animals.