A leg is a limb on an animal's body that supports the rest of the animal above the ground between the ankle and the hip and is used for locomotion. With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual In Human anatomy, the ankle Joint is formed where the Foot and the leg meet The end of the leg furthest from the animal's body is often either modified or attached to another structure that is modified to disperse the animal's weight on the ground (see foot). The foot is an Anatomical structure found in many Animals It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows Locomotion. In bipedal vertebrate animals, the two lower limbs are usually referred to as the 'legs' and the two upper limbs as the 'arms' or 'wings' as the case may be. Bipedalism is a form of Terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs

Legs typically come in even-numbered quantities. Many taxonomic groups are characterized by the number of legs its members possess. Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification The word comes from the Greek, taxis (meaning 'order' 'arrangement' and, nomos

• Uniped: 1
• Biped: 2
• Tripedal: 3
• Quadruped: 4
• Quinped: 5
• Arthropoda: 4, 6, 8, 12, or 14
  • Some arthropods have more than a dozen legs; a few species possess over 100. The term uniped (from Latin uni = one + ped = foot refers to a person or creature with only one foot and one leg as contrasted with a Biped Bipedalism is a form of Terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs Tripedal (from the Latin tri = three + ped = foot is the term used for (or would be used for any Animal that stands on Three Quadrupedalism (from Latin meaning "four legs" is a form of land animal locomotion using four legs. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Despite what their names might suggest,
    • Centipedes typically have fewer than one hundred legs
    • Millipedes have fewer than one thousand legs. Centipedes (from Latin prefix centi-, "hundred" and Greek ποδός podos, " Foot " are Millipedes (Class Diplopoda, previously also known as Chilognatha are Arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment (except for the first segment behind

Evolution

The leg has evolved several times, most significantly among arthropods (crustaceans, insects, arachnids, et cetera) and vertebrates. In both cases, they are thought to have first evolved for locomotion underwater, then have been exploited for movement over land.

Legcaso was a famous painter who painted legs, as in the one in front of the art room today.

See also

• Human leg

LEGCASO

In common usage the human leg is the lower limb of the Body, extending from the Hip to the Ankle, and including the Thigh, the

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