Labels: mammal | text | animal | dinosaur | skeleton | fossil | bone | terrestrial animal | skull OCR: THE SKELETON A CAT'S SKELETON supports its body and enables it to walk, stalk, run, jump, climb, turn rapidly, and to be supple and agile. It is also sufficiently flexible to allow the cat to clean every part of itself. SHOULDER BLADES SPINE On each side of the deep chest RIB CAGE HINDLIMBS TIGER SKELETON The cat's skeleton protects the FORELIMBS soft parts of the body, such as the heart or the brain, from injury.