My own way around this has been, simply put, not to change it. As in, even in full wolf form, werewolves retain their collarbones, human-sized craniums, etc.Morkulv wrote:Most of the bones-structure of a wolf is simular to ours, but in alot of cases located differently. For example, the shoulderblades of a wolf (or dog, and cats too I think) are closer together and pointed upwards at an angle. The bones in the hands and feet are very simular to that of a wolf or dog's paw (although I imagine a wolf's paw being bigger then a dog's), but my main corcern with anatomy would be the collarbones. These bones are exclusive to primates, so if you were to shift to complete wolf form it could form a problem.
Then again, if a werewolf changes into hybrid form it would be fine, since it would still swing his arms / front paws around like a human.
It could simply be that the "full wolf" form is only a full wolf externally; that they would only appear to be a wolf, or at least close enough to an actual wolf that nobody but an absolute wolf enthusiast would know the difference without getting way up close, doing a direct side-by-side comparison or performing an autopsy.
Me personally, I'm not big on the whole "species change" angle. I think of lycanthropy as a fantastic syndrome but undergoing a complete species change would be too farfetched even for me.