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| Information - The body of the boxer |
The body of the boxer The first things that attract attention when we
look at a boxer, are his short nose and compact body. This
construction is also seen with other "flatnoses", as the English
Bulldog and the Shih-tzu, and is caused by achondroplasia.
Achondroplasia means litteraly: no cartilageproduction. The
production of cartilage normally takes care of the lengthgrowth
of the bones. At the far ends of the bones we find epiphyses.
Till the puberty those epiphyses make cartilage, which will be
transformed into bone. This way lengthgrowth is taken care of.
When this proces goes wrong, the animal will stay little and
compact, because its limbs won't grow. Because of this growth a boxer looks different than the "ordinary" races, but that doesn't mean they have a different anatomy.
As we look at the picture above, we see that dogs walk on their toes. The metatarsals are lengthened and stand more or less vertical. This way the paws are longer and the dogs can run faster than animals that walk on their footsoles. At the picture below you see the internal organs at the left side of a male dog.
And the internal organs at the right side of a female dog.
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