First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Wia 23t.—Side-view of cats brain. F, frontal lobe; 7, temporal lobe; o!, olfac-tory lobe; m, medulla oblongata; cb, cerebellum; v, pons Varolii; S, sylvianfissure. shoulder-joint is very free, allowing the fore-leg to be ro-tated in all directions. Fig. 333 shows the shape of theclaws, and how they are extendedand retracted. When the elasticligament passing from above theroot of the claw downward andbackward to the end of the secondphalanx is contracted, the claw iswithdrawn; but when the liga-Fio. 232.—Claws of Se cat or ment is relaxed,
First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Wia 23t.—Side-view of cats brain. F, frontal lobe; 7, temporal lobe; o!, olfac-tory lobe; m, medulla oblongata; cb, cerebellum; v, pons Varolii; S, sylvianfissure. shoulder-joint is very free, allowing the fore-leg to be ro-tated in all directions. Fig. 333 shows the shape of theclaws, and how they are extendedand retracted. When the elasticligament passing from above theroot of the claw downward andbackward to the end of the secondphalanx is contracted, the claw iswithdrawn; but when the liga-Fio. 232.—Claws of Se cat or ment is relaxed, and the longtE^stro^g %rment*!,^Bi^ciaw flexor tendon on the under side of Eeta^^IZb^l*soSTis*the toe is, with its muscle, con-stretched out. tracted, the claw springs out. Thecat is a flesh-eater, and its powerful jaws, armed with sharp,knife-like teeth, moved by powerful chewing muscles,enable it to tear apart the body of its prey and swallow itsflesh piecemeal. But the cat is neither the highest nor lowest type ofmammalian life. It does not st
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