A cat cannot sweat because it has no sweat glands.It is claimed that cats are color blind, however, recent studies reveal that cats can actually see red, blue and green. If it can be seen, it could be an indication that your cat is ill. Cats have a third eyelid, called a ‘haw’, that is rarely visible.
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Cats have true fur, in that they have both an undercoat and an outer coat.Cats should have their teeth cleaned by the vet or the cat dentist once a year. Adult cats have a total of 30 teeth – 16 top teeth and 14 bottom teeth.Some cats that are born with 6 or 7 toes and extra back toes are called ‘Polydacti’. A cat has 5 toes on their front paws and only 4 on their back paws.A healthy cat has an average body temperature of between 38 and 39 degrees Celsius.As well as smelling with their noses, they can also smell with this special organ. A cat has a special organ located in the upper surface of its mouth, this is called the ‘Jacobson’s organ’.If a white cat only has one blue eye, it will be deaf in the ear on the same side as the blue eye. Some eye colors in cats change as they get older, however, it is well known that a white cat with blue eyes is actually deaf. A cat has the largest eyes of any other mammal, they are always blue when they are born.Take a look below at the diagram of a cats skeleton. A human has 206 bones, however a cat has around 290 bones and 517 separate muscles, this makes them very agile animals, they use more than 500 muscles to leap, jump and sprint.Ī cat can jump over 7 times its own height. This allows freedom of movement of the foreleg, which can be turned in almost any direction. In this section, learn more about the anatomy of the bones of the neck.A cats skeleton is very similar to that of a human being, however it does lack the shoulder blade bones. The horns of the hyoid bone converge centrally to form the body of the hyoid. Most of these attach to the bone’s two greater horns with the exception of the stylohyoid ligament which attaches to the lesser horns. Instead, it provides a point for attachment for an array of muscles and ligaments. It is unique in not articulating with any other bones. The hyoid bone is a U-shaped bone found anteriorly in the neck around the level of C3. These permit rotation and flexion at the head. There are 8 cervical spinal nerves associated with the cervical vertebrae.Ĭ1 ( atlas) and C2 ( axis) are specialised atypical vertebrae which, together with the occiput, form the atlanto-axial and atlanto-occipital joints. The vertebrae are supported by the same ligaments found throughout the spine as well as the nuchal ligament, a thickened continuation of the supraspinous ligament. Their arches articulate through synovial joints between articular facets. The bodies of the typical cervical vertebrae articulate via symphyses, separated by fibrocartilaginous intervertebral discs. It is also notable because the vertebral arteries do not pass through its transverse foramina but rather run past its transverse processes. C7 is known as vertebra prominens due to its especially long, monofid spinous process. Through their large, triangular vertebral foramina runs the cervical enlargement of the spinal cord while the vertebral arteries and veins run through the transverse foramina bilaterally. C3 to C6 are the typical cervical vertebrae characterised by the presence of transverse foramina and, in many people, by their bifid spinous processes. The cervical spine is comprised of the 7 uppermost vertebrae of the vertebral column. The cervical spine and the hyoid bone constitute the bones of the neck.
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