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What is a tetrapod?
A tetrapod is a vertebrate animal with four limbs. "Tetra" means "four" and "pod" means "foot". Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all tetrapods; even snakes and other limbless reptiles and amphibians are tetrapods because they descended from animals which had four limbs. Whales and other cetaceans are also tetrapods because they are mammals have two front limbs and the two hind limbs are vestiges.
What is the term that means two pairs of limbs or four-footed?
quadruped.
Does a Bengal tiger have limbs?
Yes, they have four legs (so they have four 'limbs').
What does Pulse motor and sensation times four mean?
The person has pulses that can be felt in all four limbs, they can move all four limbs, and they can feel all four limbs.
What word means to walk on 4 legs?
Quadrupedal. And it means walking on four legs whether you're a dinosaur, a dog, or a gecko. Quadrupedal is the Latin... the Greek equivalent is Tetrapodal. Both mean four-footed, and both are used to describe animals that move on four limbs.
What mammal has less than four limbs?
The only mammal species with less than four effective limbs are the sea mammals, like the orca, whale, sea lion, walrus etc. In some of them ther are still clear remnants of what once were hind legs; the orca and whale just have one tiny piece of bone left, so they can be regarded as really having less than four limbs. There are no land mammals with fewer than four limbs.
What is paralysis of all four limbs called?
Paralysis of four extremities is called quadriplegia or tetraplegia. Quadriplegic or tetraplegic is the correct term for anyone who has paralysis of all four limbs. Quadriparesis is weakness in all four limbs.
What can you infer about the bones in the forelimbs of vertebrate species?
Example of vertebrates (having a spinal column) could be humans, whose fore limbs are arms, as we stand upright. Then there are animals like the horse, whose fore limbs (indeed all four limbs) are actually legs.
What type of limbs does mouse have?
Rats have four legs.
What is the general name for the grouping nof vertebrates which have four limbs?
The name of a vertebrate with four limbs is a tetrapod (tetra meaning four and pod meaning foot).
How many limbs do chimps have?
Four.
How many limbs does zebra have?
Four.
