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Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion

Preferred term

Locomotion  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Activities, Locomotor
  • Activity, Locomotor
  • Locomotor Activities
  • Locomotor Activity

Note

  • differentiate LOCOMOTION (getting from one point to another) from GAIT (manner or style of walking), MOVEMENT (without necessarily locomotion), MOTOR ACTIVITY (movement associated with behavior), WALKING (purposeful locomotion to get somewhere or for recreation, fitness or competition); CELL LOCOMOTION see CELL MOVEMENT is available

Scope note

  • Movement or the ability to move from one place or another. It can refer to humans, vertebrate or invertebrate animals, and microorganisms.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008124

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