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... structures stores energy and their recoil powers jumping. [email protected] 28 10 2009 © 2010. 2010 Auchenorrhyncha resilin joint mechanics motor control The powerful and rapid movements of the legs that propel jumping in insects require an intricate interplay between...

... around the V-shaped rim in the ventral tibia about 400 μm from the joint pivot( Fig. 2B-D ). * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 6 1 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 kinematics joint mechanics locomotion motor neuron motor pattern...

...-mail: [email protected] 16 5 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 kinematics joint mechanics locomotion Sipyloidea Thailand winged stick insect Sipyloidea sp Insect jumping as a means of escape or rapid movement involves several different mechanisms...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 locust motor neuron motor pattern joint mechanics false stick insect Prosarthria teretrirostris To increase their speed of locomotion or to escape from predators, many insects can jump rapidly and powerfully. Fleas( Bennet-Clark and Lucey, 1967...

... joint mechanics and the motor pattern, kicks were analysed with high-speed video images coupled to simultaneous intracellular recordings from identified leg motor neurones. The first movement is a full tibial flexion followed by co-contraction of the extensor and flexor tibiae muscles for 0.3–1 s...