Forelimb

The cat on the left has been dissected to clarify the superficial back muscles and the muscles of the lateral forearm.

How many of the numbered muscles can you identify? Click on their numbers and check their identity in the lower left window. Note that muscle #4 is not shown in this view.

Click to see the muscles that lie under the spinodeltoid.

Click to examine the relationship between the muscles of the shoulder and their associated skeletal structures.

Click to examine the relationship between the muscles of the scapula and their associated skeletal structures.

Close-up of muscles of the head and neck.


Muscles of the lateral hindlimb

Muscles of the medial hindlimb


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