Motility

Motility ( Lat. motio - Movement ) refers to the ability for active movement. In contrast, the property of being able to be moved, referred to as the mobility (passive movement ). The opposite word is Sessilität.

Importance in biology and medicine

In biology and medicine, the term motility is taken somewhat narrower and is limited to involuntary movement processes in the body (eg movements of the intestine; see peristalsis). Excessive movement activity is referred to as hypermotility, decreased as hypomotility.

• Especially in the field of ophthalmology is referred to as motility, eye movement ability.
• In a broader sense, the term is also used to describe the movement ability of skeletal muscle.
• In diseases of the nervous system, decreased ( hypokinesia ) or lack of motility ( akinesia ) distinguishes between increased ( hyperkinesis ).

Cell Biology: Cell Motility

Motility of the cell is an amoeboid movement of the entire cell (such as leukocytes) or a flow and currents in the protoplasm of the cell.

The motility of the sperm is an important criterion for the quality of sperm in artificial insemination or artificial insemination.

Social Sciences: Menschenmotilität

The term is used by Vincent Kaufmann, Max Bergman and Dominique Joye in sociology. It describes the ability of people to move, which is unevenly distributed among the population. This is treated as a " horizontal mobility " Usually. Canzler et al. define motility than the capacity or the competence of an actor to be socially and physically move.