Body Dog

Dog body and senses have been developed in such a manner that could not fail in the pack to catch their prey. He needed to do relatively well-developed muscles to achieve sufficient speed for hunting, but also for the long journey in the search. Another feature is a well-developed teeth, which allows a perfect capture, as well as the processing of prey. Significant also are canines that are characteristic feature of all carnivores.

Over time, domestication and breeding targeted created innumerable quantity breeds. These breeds differ in view, the size, but also using the breed. Despite these developments and a wide range of breeds and their appearance is the anatomical structure of dogs for all the same, while the construction is similar to other carnivorous creatures.

Exterior or the appearance of a dog is made up of all the anatomical features. Among the essential characteristics such as height at the withers dog, up to 35 cm: dwarf breeds, 35-50 cm: small breeds, 50-65 cm: medium-sized breeds, over 65 cm: large giant breeds. Another sign of a certain breed may be the construction of the body and either square or rectangular.
The body of a dog shall be divided into three main parts, namely front, middle and rear part.The front part includes the head, front legs, the front part of the chest and neck. In the central part of the chest and abdomen are. In the rear of the hind feet, back and tail. Skeleton, together with muscle and nervous system, form the basis of the entire load. Dog consumes about 40% of energy to move, the rest is consumed to maintain body temperature. Since the energy intensity of the movement is relatively high, and your dog adapt biorhythm, this implies that the benefits every day and 17 hours.

Movement
Dog of the human skeleton is substantially different, thus explaining the different kinetic properties. Skeleton as such is composed of 272-282 bones, which are associated joints, ligaments, or seams. Skeleton is a solid and very flexible. Its basis is the backbone,which serves as the basic unit for the suspension of other parts of the skeleton. The entire skeleton of a dog consists of 7 cervical vertebrae, 13 thoracic, 7 lumbar, 3 cross and about the 20th vertebrae of the tail. Channel within the vertebrae runs the spinal cord. The dog has 13 pairs of ribs. Thoracic vertebrae, ribs and sternum together form the ribcage, which concludes the thoracic cavity and protects the heart and lungs. At the end of the front legs are triangular-shaped blades. The lopatkam are connected at the bottom of the humeral bone, which together form a very mobile shoulder joint. Foreleg dog is very similar to human hands. It consists of a humeral bone, spindle and ulna, carpal bones and articles of fingers. The front leg can also find the smallest finger, the dewclaw.The rear foot is attached to the skeleton through the pelvic girdle. It consists of the femur, patella, tibia and calf. Foot has the same composition as that of the front feet, except that dewclaw the hindquarters occurs rarely.

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