### body part:

Claw
* Most claws enable animals
  - grow throughout life
* Most claws have blood vessels
  - perform functions
* Some claws act like thumbs
  - are located in crabs
* Some claws have long nails
  - warts
  - help food
* also aid in the cats' agility and grace
  - help land animals to run faster
  - provide the required grip to lions so that they can easily gain speed while running
* are capable of scratchs
  - cats' primary form of defense
  - composed of a dorsal plate, called the unguis, and a ventral subunguis
  - curved to dig through ice
  - extremely sharp and useful in grabbing prey
  - extremities
  - holders
  - less common compared to other mammals
* are part of crustaceans
  - hammers
  - paws
  - the cat s first defense in times of danger
  - used at the muscular hind-legs to help climb the occasional tree
  - useful to mammals in a number of ways
  - vital to the emotional well-being of a cat
* can help an animal scurry up a tree away from a predator.
* come in handy for hunting, climbing trees and tearing open logs in search of insects.
* give animals such as cats extra grip for a hard push-off.
* grow constantly, like human nails
* help keep foothold on tree branches as the monkey runs along the branch surface
  - outdoor cats scratch and swat away enemies and climb to safety if needed
* provide traction.

### body part | claw:

Cat claw
* are death to pond liners.
* give sure footing and increase speed and the ability to make sharp turns.

Long claw
* help cheetahs as they grip the ground as they run.
* mean that rabbits are probably older.

### body part | claw:

Talon
* Some talons are part of albatrosses
  - birds
  - blackbirds
  - bluebirds
  - boobies
  - bowerbirds
  - brants
  - budgerigars
  - canaries
  - cardinals
  - cassowaries
  - chaffinchs
  - chickens
  - choughs
  - cockatiels
  - coots
  - crakes
  - cuckoos
  - cygnets
  - dodos
  - doves
  - drakes
  - ducks
  - eagles
  - falcons
  - finches
  - flamingos
  - flycatchers
  - fowl
  - gallinules
  - geese
  - godwits
  - goldfinches
  - gulls
  - hawks
  - hens
  - herons
  - hoatzins
  - hummingbirds
  - jackdaws
  - jays
  - juncos
  - kestrels
  - kingfishers
  - kittiwakes
  - lorikeets
  - macaws
  - magpies
  - mallards
  - martins
  - meadowlarks
  - moas
  - mynahs
  - orioles
  - ospreys
  - owls
  - parakeets
  - parrots
  - pelicans
  - penguins
  - pheasants
  - pigeons
  - plovers
  - puffins
  - quack-quacks
  - raptors
  - rheas
  - roadrunners
  - robins
  - roosters
  - seabirds
  - seagulls
  - shorebirds
  - songbirds
  - sparrows
  - starlings
  - storks
  - swans
  - tanagers
  - toucans
  - turkeys
  - vultures
  - wagtails
  - warblers
  - waterfowls
  - woodpeckers
  - wrens
* are basically the sharp claws on a raptor
  - impressive claw-like features used to capture, hold, and kill prey
  - large and sharp
  - part of birds
  - the ferocious weapons protruding from their toes
  - unique to raptors
* do the same thing beaks do, only it is easier to pick up and carry prey.
* includes corpi.
* lock onto fish to prevent their escape.
* to grow throughout life.
* typically belong to predators the word implies bloody attack.

Cochlea
* consists of a basilar turn with a cystic cavity.
* includes bone cells
  - corpi
  - ground substances
  - hair cells
  - lobes
  - marrow
  - mast cells
* is concerned with hearing.

Coelom
* are cavities delimited by a mesoderm.
* fluid filled cavity between the outer body wall and the guy.
* includes corpi.