BECCA’S CATS
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Mrs. Becca is our local cat expert. The Becca cat’s series was placed in honor of her. She has a unique way of loving your friends and family that be those with two legs or four. Please enjoy this series as it will grow into a geo art when it is done.
Cat leg bones – hind limbs
Cat’s hind legs are powerful, for climbing and leaping long distances to catch prey.
Cat leg bones are strong and supple to support this range of movement, and compared to our own legs, their layout might be a little surprising.
For a start, the bone we think of as our thigh bone (or femur) is right up in their haunches.
And the bones at the top of their leg at the top of their leg are the tibia and fibula – the bones we think of as our shin bones.
So, what’s in their shins I hear you ask?!
A metatarsus – a long foot bone like the ones we can feel through the top of our feet!
This configuration is beautifully adapted for propelling our cats high and far when they need to leap.
Cat leg bones – fore limbs
Even though we think of cats as having four legs, when we talk about cat skeleton anatomy we give the bones in their front legs the same names as the bones in our arms.
And out of their fore legs and hind legs, cats are much less likely to break the bones in their forelimbs.
Approximately three quarters of long bone fractures seen by vets are in the femur or tibia.
Whereas fractures of the long bones in the fore legs only account for about 16% of long bone fractures.
What bone will a cat likely break when jumping?
Femur N 30° 36.585 W 85° 23.106
Humerus N 30° 36.554 W 85° 23.100
Tibia N 30° 36.594 W 85° 23.117