skull in the cat, as a rule, short and round. The bones of the muzzle with less bone of the skull. The spine consists of 7 cervical, 13 thoracic and 7 lumbar vertebrae.

Sacrum consists of three fused vertebrae.

 The trunk is long and flexible. Bone in comparison with the size of the animal is not very big, different density and flexibility, which increases not less strong muscles and tendons, connecting them quite freely. The latter circumstance gives the cat an inimitable grace and elegance of movement. General body proportions in all breeds of cats are similar, although there are differences. For example, having a long tail (with the exception of the lynx, and some species such as cats meynskih).

 

Limbs in most cats of medium length, very strong, with sharp claws. These feet provide a powerful and swift jump on their prey. A cat can adjust the position of their claws. Seeds, place in the five fingers of the front feet and four fingers of hind limbs, it needed for hunting and defense, when the claws with the muscles and tendons out of the leathery "sheath." Cat pulls nails when there is no need to attack or defend, so they are not blunt.

 

at the feet of cats have education as a pad, equipped with sweat glands and sensitive nerve endings, which allows the cat gently and quietly moving.

 

fur of cats is a different color, although most species the basic tone of sandy-brown, probably for camouflage. The larger species, the rougher coat.

 

Leather, fitting a cat's body quite easily and protects tissues and organs in animal fighting, hunting.

 

whiskers on each side of the nasal openings and supraorbital stripes help the cat feel its surrounding space.

 

Mobile and erect ears, and a great number of nerve endings in the auditory nerves of the cat gave an excellent sense of hearing. One should also consider its ability to capture the sound in the ultrasonic range, which is used for hunting mice, as well as when communicating with the mother kitten.

 

Cats with well-developed jaws. Young cats at the age of 4-5 weeks baby teeth appear, whose growth is completed in 8 weeks. Change of milk teeth to permanent occurs in about 4-6 months and ends at 9 months.

 

Baby teeth cats include six incisors, two canines, the upper jaw 3, in the lower jaw, 2 premolars. The dental formula milk teeth cat next 3 1 incisor canine premolar 3 1 3 molar incisor canine 2 premolars 1 1 molar.

 

adult cat has 30 teeth. The upper and lower jaw from her for 6 incisors, 2 canines, and in the upper jaw - and 4 molars (3 premolar and molar 1) in the lower jaw - and 3 molars (2 premolars and 1 molar). Every third molar of the upper and lower jaw - the largest one. The dental formula of the molars of adult cats: 3 1 incisor canine premolar 3 3 1 incisor canine premolar 2.

 

should be differentiated canines that are essential for the defense and used the cat when catching prey from the canines, which are necessary for a cat food (biting food).

 

language is covered with horny papillae. In addition to participating in a meal that body acts as a "brush", which cleverly cat cleans its fur.

 

In cats, single-chamber stomach. By reducing the muscle of the esophagus food, starting digested in the mouth enters the stomach. Features and backward movement is not digested food and stomach in the act of vomiting. This can be seen with the disease, but more often as a manifestation of a protective reflex for eating substandard food. The intestine has a thin and thick sections and reaches a length of 1 to 1.8 meters

 

Urinary organs include the kidneys and urinary tract. In cats, the urethra ends in predvlagalische, a male - at the tip of the penis.

 

The male sex organs of cats the formation of sperm. In the ovaries of cats produced an egg, passing the oviduct to the uterus to mature.