| Biomechanics is the study of how
forces affect and are affected by the body's structure. The main
difference in structure of the three stances is what parts that they
have touching the ground. Plantigrades
walk with their phalanges,
metatarsals, and the front of their tarsals all contacting the
ground. Digitigrades
just allow their phalanges and the front of their metatarsals to touch
the ground. Unguligrades
walk only
using the tips of their phalanges. |
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