Do Cats Have Collarbones

This lack of a functioning collarbone.

Do cats have collarbones. The collarbone better known as the clavicle is a bone that connects the sternum to the scapula. This gives the shoulder blade tremendous freedom to move as the cat moves extending its running stride even more. They do however the cats clavicle or collarbone does not. Cats have free floating clavicle bones collarbone which allows them to pass their body through any space into which they can fit their heads.

Cats have seven cervical vertebrae like almost all mammals thirteen thoracic vertebrae humans have twelve seven lumbar vertebrae humans have five three sacral vertebrae humans have five because of their bipedal posture and except for manx cats and other shorter tailed cats twenty two or twenty three caudal. Do cats have vertebrae. These are also known as the collarbones. Yes like most animals on the planet cats do have clavicles located just above the humerus on the front legs as can be seen on the attached image.

Do cats have a collarbone. And unlike the long anchored collarbone we humans have cats have tiny rudimentary collarbones that contribute to their ability to squeeze through tight openings. No a cat does not have a collarbone in the same sense that a human has one. The calvicle is used to support the shoulders this bone is present in most land mammals this includes the cat it is however absent in marine mammals.

2009 12 14 112620 2009 12 14 112620. Do cats have collarbones. The front legs of cats are attached to their shoulder via a small free floating collarbone by only muscles instead of bones like we have.