Pokretljivost je sposobnost organizama da se samostalno kreće, koristeći metaboličku energiju. Ovaj termin uključuje i pokretljivost unutarćelijskih struktura i organela.
Definicije
Pokretljivosti može se suprotstaviti sesilnost, stanje organizama koji ne posjeduju sredstva za samopokretljivost i koji su obično nepokretni.
Pokretljivost se razlikuje od kretanja, sposobnosti nečega da se premjesti sa jednog na drugo mjesto. Termin pokretljivost uključuje i pokretljivost i kretanje; sesilni organizmi, uključujući biljke i gljive, često imaju pokretne dijelove poput plodova, sjemena ili spora koje mogu raspršiti drugi agensi poput vjetra, vode ili drugih organizama.[2]
Na ćelijskom nivou postoje različiti načini kretanja:
pokretljivost bičevima, pokreti slični plivanju ( naprimjer kod Spermatozoa, podstaknuto redovitim mahanjem njihovih bičeva, ili kod bakterije E. coli, koja pliva okrećući spiralni prokariotski bič)
Rekordne brzine koje postižu, gepardi duguju u velikoj mjeri pokretljivosti njihovih mišića.
Izdanci biljaka se kreću rastući prema svjetlosti. Ovo je poznato kao pozitivni fototropizam. Korijeni rastu dalje od svetlosti. Ovo je poznato kao negativni fototropizam.
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