What is the difference between the manner in which movement takes place in a sensitive plant and the movement in our legs?
Movement in sensitive plants |
Movement in our legs |
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The movementthat takes place in a sensitive plant such as Mimosa pudica occurs in response to touch (stimulus). |
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Movement in our legs is an example of voluntary actions. |
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For this movement, the information is transmitted from cell to cell by electro-chemical signals as plants do not have any specialised tissue for conduction of impulses. |
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The signal or messages for these actions are passed to the brain and hence are consciously controlled. |
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For this movement to occur, the plant cells change shape by changing the amount of water in them. |
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In animal muscle cells, some proteins are found which allow the movement to occur. |