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  2. Motor skill - Wikipedia

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    Gross motor skills can be further divided into two subgroups: Locomotor skills, such as running, jumping, sliding, and swimming; and object-control skills such as throwing, catching, dribbling, and kicking. Fine motor skills – require the use of smaller muscle groups to perform smaller movements. These muscles include those found in our ...

  3. Gross motor skill - Wikipedia

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    Gross locomotor skills would include running, jumping, sliding, and swimming. Object control skills would include throwing, catching and kicking. Fine motor skills are involved in smaller movements that occur in the wrists, hands, fingers, and the feet and toes. They participate in smaller actions such as picking up objects between the thumb ...

  4. Locomotion - Wikipedia

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    3.1.1 Fine and gross motor skills. 3.2 Microbial locomotion. 4 Arts, entertainment, and media. ... Locomotor (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 2 ...

  5. Human musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement to the body.

  6. Physical literacy - Wikipedia

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    This is the basis of movement and varies from movement patterns as this looks at the basis of skills and muscle memory. Most fundamental movement skills are considered as building blocks and are learned from a young age. Some of the main categories include; Balance Skills (body remains in one space) Locomotor Skills (running and jumping)

  7. Animal Locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Horse galloping The Horse in Motion, 24-camera rig with tripwires GIF animation of Plate 626 Gallop; thoroughbred bay mare Annie G. [1]. Animal Locomotion: An Electro-photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements is a series of scientific photographs by Eadweard Muybridge made in 1884 and 1885 at the University of Pennsylvania, to study motion in animals (including humans).

  8. Fine motor skill - Wikipedia

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    Motor skills are movements and actions of the bone structures. [1] Typically, they are categorised into two groups: gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are involved in movement and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts. They involve actions such as running, crawling and swimming.

  9. Luksong baka - Wikipedia

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    An example of children playing luksong baka. Luksong baka (English: Jump over the Cow) is a traditional Filipino game [1] that originated in Bulacan.It involves a minimum of three players and a maximum of 10 players, and involves them jumping over the person called the baka, or "cow". [2]