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digitigrade [′dij·ə·də‚grād] (vertebrate zoology) Pertaining to animals, such as dogs and cats, which walk on the digits with the posterior part of the foot raised from the ground. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Clark and his coworkers observed that the joint between the toes and foot could not have flexed enough to make possible the digitigrade movement, or toe-walking, seen in birds and some dinosaurs. in the development of walking, for example, Forssberg(3) argues that digitigrade walking gives way to plantigrade walking as higher centers of the CNS mature. [57] The early foot contact pattern seen in infancy resembles a digitigrade pattern. |
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