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Human Activities > Exercise > Swimming
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Motor Activity > Exercise > Swimming
Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Exercise > Swimming
... > Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Exercise > Swimming
Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion > Swimming
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Locomotion > Swimming
... > Human Activities > Leisure Activities > Recreation > Sports > Water Sports > Swimming

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Swimming  

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  • human & animal; /inj: coordinate with specific injury; consider also DIVING; index NIM for swimming in animal experiments on PHYSICAL EXERTION

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  • An activity in which the body is propelled through water by specific movement of the arms and/or the legs. Swimming as propulsion through water by the movement of limbs, tail, or fins of animals is often studied as a form of PHYSICAL EXERTION or endurance.

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