What is the difference between the manner in which movement takes place in a sensitive plant and the movement in our legs?

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Movement in sensitive plants   Movement in legs1. Movement in sensitive plants occurs in response to external or internal stimulus and is categorized as tropic or nastic movement; it is an involuntary action.1. Movement in legs is under the regulation of nervous system and is a voluntary response, i.e., conscious response.2. It does not involve any special tissues for the relay of information.2. Leg movement is assisted by complex network of nervous system that includes CNS and PNS3. Movement in the sensitive plant does not involve any specific proteins.3. Contraction and relaxation of leg muscles to bring about leg movement is assisted by specific proteins like actin, myosin etc.

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What is the difference between the manner in which movement takes place in a sensitive plant and the movement in our legs?

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Movement in sensitive plants	Movement in legs
1. Movement in sensitive plants occurs in response to external or internal stimulus and is categorized as tropic or nastic movement; it is an involuntary action.	1. Movement in legs is under the regulation of nervous system and is a voluntary response, i.e., conscious response.
2. It does not involve any special tissues for the relay of information.	2. Leg movement is assisted by complex network of nervous system that includes CNS and PNS
3. Movement in the sensitive plant does not involve any specific proteins.	3. Contraction and relaxation of leg muscles to bring about leg movement is assisted by specific proteins like actin, myosin etc.