Walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground, as humans, bears, raccoons, and rabbits do.
n.
A plantigrade animal.
[French : Latin planta, sole of the foot + Latin -gradus, going (from gradī, to walk, go).]
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[French : Latin planta, sole of the foot + Latin -gradus, going (from gradī, to walk, go).]
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A method of locomotion seen in bears, monkeys and humans, in which the animal walks on the phalanges, metacarpal and carpal bones, as distinct from digitigrade.
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In mammals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the podials and metatarsals flat on the ground. Primates are examples of plantigrade species; in humans, the podials and metatarsals constitute the sole of the foot. Other plantigrade species examples include (but are not limited to) raccoons, opossums, bears, kangaroo, weasels, mice, pandas, rats, hyraxes, skunks and hedgehogs.
The members of the extinct mammalian order Creodonta displayed plantigrade locomotion. This may have led to their extinction as they were supplanted by the more efficient Carnivora. It seems that at least some pterosaurs and lizards were plantigrade as well.
Plantigrade foot occurs normally in humans in static postures of standing and sitting. It should also occur normally in gait (walking). Hypertonicity, spasticity, clonus, limited range of motion, abnormal flexion neural pattern, and a plantarflexor (calf) muscle contracture may contribute to an individual only standing and/or walking on his toes. This would be evident by the observable heel rise.
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| Translations: Plantigrade |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sålegænger-
n. - sålegænger
Nederlands (Dutch)
zoolganger (dier), dier dat op de zolen loopt
Français (French)
adj. - plantigrade
n. - plantigrade
Deutsch (German)
adj. - auf den Fußsohlen gehend
n. - Sohlengänger
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ζωολ.) πελματοβάμων
n. - πελματοβάμων ζώο
Italiano (Italian)
plantigrado
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - plantígrado
n. - plantígrado
Русский (Russian)
стопоходящий
Español (Spanish)
adj. - plantígrado
n. - plantígrado
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hälgångar-
n. - hälgångare (zool.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
踯行的, 踯行类的, 踯行动物
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 躑行的, 躑行類的
n. - 躑行動物
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 발바닥 정체를 땅에 대고 걷는
n. - 척행 동물(곰 등)
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 蹠行動物
adj. - 蹠行性の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) أخمصي السير (الاسم) حيوان أخمصي السير
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - הולך על כפות-רגלים
n. - יצור ההולך על כפות-רגלים, למשל אדם או דוב
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