Sentence examples for allow locomotion from inspiring English sources

One of the most apparent parallels between cell adhesion and whole-animal adhesion is that, in both systems, the contacts are reversible and dynamic to allow locomotion.

The cuticle is a multifunctional device that protects its carriers against dehydration, arms them against predators, constitutes a physical barrier to prevent pathogen entry and serves as an exoskeleton allowing locomotion.

In C. elegans, internal hydrostatic pressure acting against the cuticle exoskeleton gives the worm its shape and allows locomotion (Kramer 1997; Page and Johnstone 2007).

Cuticle is typically divided into hard cuticle, generally sclerotized and mechanically stiff, and soft cuticle, a more flexible region that allows locomotion and appendix movements [ 29].

The re-opened eyelid was left open afterward to allow binocular vision while animals were subjected to the visual stimulation and allowed locomotion as described previously (Kaneko and Stryker, 2014).

The perfect beach body would have feet long and wide enough to allow effective locomotion on sand.

The new interpretation based on fossils of Acanthostega and Icthyostega suggests that early legs evolved from fins to allow effective locomotion in shallow-water environments dense with aquatic vegetation.

FOs are essential for viability, ensure maintenance of body rigidity and allow for locomotion [43].

Cell migration requires the rearrangement of adhesions and cytoskeleton in response to extracellular stimuli to form a leading edge that allows directed locomotion.

Scales protect the body of the snake, aid it in locomotion, allow moisture to be retained within, and alter the surface characteristics such as roughness to aid in camouflage.

Scales protect the body of the snake, aid it in locomotion, allow moisture to be retained within, alter the surface characteristics such as roughness to aid in camouflage, and in some cases even aid in prey capture (such as Acrochordus).