CHAPTER II. 



AN OUTLINE OF THE ANATOMY OF THE 

 DOMESTIC CAT. 



THE skeleton of the cat differs from that 

 of man and those of the other domestic 

 animals only in trivial details which allow such 

 modification as is needed by the habits of the 

 animal. 



Figures 1 and 2 give the outlines of the 

 external conformation of the cat, and the 

 same animal in section, showing the propor- 

 tionate relations of its skeleton to its exterior 

 as a whole. To any one familiar with the skel- 

 etons of other animals it will be seen at once 

 that the thorax or chest, as shown by the curves 

 of the thirteen ribs in Figure 2, is very small 

 in proportion to the body when compared with 

 that of other animals. This means a small 

 lung space, which leaves behind it, however, 

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