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Racehorse adaptation - Coggle Diagram
Racehorse adaptation
Powerful limbs
Lots of tendons in bicep
Stores elastic energy
Convert to kinetic energy
Purpose
Run fast, escape from predators
Habitat
Open grassland
Withstanding force when hitting the ground
Lots of tendons
absorb kinetic energy to elastic energy
reducing impact force
coffin bone is not attached directly to the sole of the foot
surrounded by tough tissue--lamoni
force transferred to hoof wall
supply oxygen to muscles
Enormous chest cavity
fit huge lung
Guts on the diaphragm slides forward and backward
create air pressure to breath vast volume of air
massive heart muscle
4beats a second
big airways
big spleen to store red blood cells