Retracted cat's claw.

Cat Claw

Retracted cat's claw.

Protruded cat's claw.

Cat Claw

Protruded cat's claw.

Cat's claw with theflexor muscle contracted.

Cat Claw

Cat's claw with theflexor muscle contracted.

Cat's claw with theflexor muscle extended.

Cat Claw

Cat's claw with theflexor muscle extended.

The paw of a cat.

Cat's Paw

The paw of a cat.

An illustration of a dog with an injured front paw.

Injured Dog

An illustration of a dog with an injured front paw.

"GAMBE. An obsolete French word, signifying a leg, and is still used in Heraldry, for the leg of a lion or other creature borne in coats of arms." -Hall, 1862

Gambe

"GAMBE. An obsolete French word, signifying a leg, and is still used in Heraldry, for the leg of a lion…

"Foot of the seal, which opens and closes in the act of natation, the organ being folded upon itself during the non-effective or return stroke, and expanded during the effective or forward stroke. Due advantage is taken of this arrangement by the seal when swimming, the animal rotating on its long axis, so as to present the lower portion of the body and the feet obliquely to the water during the return stroke, and the flat, or the greatest available surface of both, during the effective or forward stroke."—Pettigrew, 1874

Foot of Seal

"Foot of the seal, which opens and closes in the act of natation, the organ being folded upon itself…

The skeletal paw of a dog.

Skeletal Paw

The skeletal paw of a dog.

Paw of a tiger.

Tiger Paw

Paw of a tiger.