Suspensory behavior, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 50 relations: Arboreal locomotion, Arm, Balance (ability), Bat, Bipedalism, Bone, Bornean orangutan, Brachiation, Clavicle, Climbing, Deltoid muscle, Eating, Elbow, Flower, Forearm, Fruit, Grasp, Gravity, Head, Hindlimb, Hip, Human body weight, Humerus, Infraspinatus muscle, Ischium, Lumbar, Monkey, Morphology (biology), Muscle, Neck, New World monkey, Olecranon, Pale-throated sloth, Predation, Primate, Quadrupedalism, Rib cage, Ruffed lemur, Scapula, Shoulder, Shoulder joint, Spider monkey, Squatting position, Standing, Tail, Tension (physics), Torso, Tree, Triceps, Vegetation.

2. Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Arm

In human anatomy, the arm refers to the upper limb in common usage, although academically the term specifically means the upper arm between the glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) and the elbow joint.

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Balance (ability)

Balance in biomechanics, is an ability to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Bipedalism

Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear (or lower) limbs or legs.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.

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Bornean orangutan

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo.

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Brachiation

Brachiation (from "brachium", Latin for "arm"), or arm swinging, is a form of arboreal locomotion in which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms. Suspensory behavior and Brachiation are arboreal locomotion.

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Clavicle

The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone).

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Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders.

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Deltoid muscle

The deltoid muscle is the muscle forming the rounded contour of the human shoulder.

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Eating

Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food. Suspensory behavior and Eating are Eating behaviors.

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Elbow

The elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint.

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Flower

A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).

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Forearm

The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).

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Grasp

A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand.

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Gravity

In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass.

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Head

A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste.

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Hindlimb

A hindlimb or back limb is one of the paired articulated appendages (limbs) attached on the caudal (posterior) end of a terrestrial tetrapod vertebrate's torso.

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Hip

In vertebrate anatomy, the hip, or coxaLatin coxa was used by Celsus in the sense "hip", but by Pliny the Elder in the sense "hip bone" (Diab, p 77) (coxae) in medical terminology, refers to either an anatomical region or a joint on the outer (lateral) side of the pelvis.

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Human body weight

Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.

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Humerus

The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Infraspinatus muscle

In human anatomy, the infraspinatus muscle is a thick triangular muscle, which occupies the chief part of the infraspinatous fossa.

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Ischium

The ischium (ischia) forms the lower and back region of the hip bone (os coxae).

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Lumbar

In tetrapod anatomy, lumbar is an adjective that means of or pertaining to the abdominal segment of the torso, between the diaphragm and the sacrum.

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Monkey

Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.

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Neck

The neck is the part of the body on many vertebrates that connects the head with the torso.

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New World monkey

New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.

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Olecranon

The olecranon, is a large, thick, curved bony process on the proximal, posterior end of the ulna.

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Pale-throated sloth

The pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), occasionally known as the ai, is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. Suspensory behavior and Predation are Eating behaviors.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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Quadrupedalism

Quadrupedalism is a form of locomotion where animals have four legs are used to bear weight and move around.

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Rib cage

The rib cage or thoracic cage is an endoskeletal enclosure in the thorax of most vertebrates that comprises the ribs, vertebral column and sternum, which protect the vital organs of the thoracic cavity, such as the heart, lungs and great vessels and support the shoulder girdle to form the core part of the axial skeleton.

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Ruffed lemur

The ruffed lemurs of the genus Varecia are strepsirrhine primates and are the largest extant lemurs within the family Lemuridae.

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Scapula

The scapula (scapulae or scapulas), also known as the shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone).

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Shoulder

The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.

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Shoulder joint

The shoulder joint (or glenohumeral joint from Greek glene, eyeball, + -oid, 'form of', + Latin humerus, shoulder) is structurally classified as a synovial ball-and-socket joint and functionally as a diarthrosis and multiaxial joint.

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Spider monkey

Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus Ateles, part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae.

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Squatting position

Squatting is a versatile posture where the weight of the body is on the feet but the knees and hips are bent.

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Standing

Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a position in which the body is held in an upright (orthostatic) position and supported only by the feet.

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Tail

The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals' bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso.

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Tension (physics)

Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object.

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Torso

The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.

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Triceps

The triceps, or triceps brachii (Latin for "three-headed muscle of the arm"), is a large muscle on the back of the upper limb of many vertebrates.

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Vegetation

Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.

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See also

Arboreal locomotion

• Arboreal locomotion
• Brachiation
• Suspensory behavior
• Vertical clinging and leaping

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspensory_behavior

Also known as Suspensory behaviour.