The skull region articulates with the superior region of the vertebral column with the help of two occipital condyles ( ______ skull).
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______ is one of the significant features of living beings. Animals and plants exhibit a wide range of movements
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Streaming of protoplasm in the unicellular organisms like Amoeba is a simple form of movement. Movement of cilia, flagella and ______ & are shown by many organisms.
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Human beings can move limbs, jaws, eyelids, tongue, etc. Some of the movements result in a change of place or location. Such voluntary movements are called ______ . Walking, running, climbing, flying, swimming are all some forms of locomotory movements.
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Locomotory structures need not be different from those affecting other types of movements. For example, in Paramoecium, cilia helps in the movement of food through ______ and in locomotion as well.
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______ can use its tentacles for capturing its prey and also use them for locomotion.
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all locomotions are ______ but all movements are not locomotion
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Methods of locomotion performed by animals vary with their habitats and the demand of the situation. However, locomotion is generally for search of food, shelter, mate, suitable breeding grounds, favourable ______ or to escape from enemies/predators.
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Cells of the human body exhibit three main types of movements, namely, ______, ciliary and muscular.
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Some specialised cells in our body like ______ and leucocytes in blood exhibit amoeboid movement.
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It is effected by pseudopodia formed by the streaming of ______ (as in Amoeba)
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______ elements like microfilaments are also involved in amoeboid movement
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______ movement occurs in most of our internal tubular organs which are lined by ciliated epithelium
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The coordinated movements of cilia in the trachea help us in removing dust particles and some of the foreign substances inhaled alongwith the atmospheric air. Passage of ova through the female reproductive tract is also facilitated by the ______ movement
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Movement of our limbs, jaws, tongue, etc, require muscular movement. The ______ property of muscles are effectively used for locomotion and other movements by human beings and majority of multicellular organisms.
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