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saltatorial Applied to limbs that are adapted for jumping.

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	KIDS ASK Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) June 7, 1992 700+ words ...the masses of muscles are different, and their vertebral column is designed to help them hop. It's called - are you ready for this? - saltatorial locomotion! Question by: Francisco Hidalgo SOURCE: Compiled by: Linda K. Harris
	Love on strings Guitarist devoted to music education Newspaper article from: China Daily MU QIAN, China Daily staff February 20, 2002 700+ words ...Zhen's new CD "Granada," you begin to understand his deep love for the guitar. From the serene "Evocation," the saltatorial "Sad Tango in You," to the desolate "Pyramids," with a single guitar Wang depicts a rich world of human feelings...
	New physiology research from A.G. Dimitrov and colleagues discussed. Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week August 10, 2009 700+ words ...Fine segmentation of each internode (338 segments) allowed simulation of internodal activation in response to a normal saltatorial action potential initiated by a short stimulus. The internodal membrane without potassium conductance experienced considerable...

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	saltatorial Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology saltatorial Applied to limbs that are adapted for jumping.
	Muridae Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...aquatic animals. The tail is long and scaly, the limbs pentadactyl and the first digit of the fore limb rudimentary. In some saltatorial forms the hind limbs are modified. Apodemus sylvaticus is the European field mouse. Mus musculus is the house mouse, which...
	Orthoptera Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...to large, terrestrial insects, whose major diagnostic features include hind legs that are usually modified for jumping (saltatorial), and a pronotum with large, external flanges. Orthopterans are exopterygote , and the external wing buds reverse their...
	Acrididae Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...They have three-segmented tarsi and antennae which are shorter than the fore femora, and hind legs modified for jumping (saltatorial). There are tympanal organs (ears) at the base of the abdomen. The female has a short ovipositor and lays eggs in the...
	Zapodidae Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...Rodentia , suborder Myomorpha ) A family of mouse-like rodents in which the hind limbs are more or less elongated, permitting saltatorial movement, and the tail is long and used for balancing. The cheek teeth are either brachydont or semi- hypsodont . Cheek...

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