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This high-quality laboratory manual may accompany any comparative anatomy text, but correlates directly to Kardong's
Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution text. This lab manual carefully guides students through dissections and is richly illustrated. First and foremost, the basic animal architecture is presented in a clear and concise manner. Throughout the dissections, the authors pause strategically to bring the students' attention to the significance of the material they have just covered.
List of contents
1 Introduction Classification and Comparison Defining the Chordates Studying Advice Designing for Students2 Protochordates Protochordates 3 Agnathans--Examination of a Primitive Vertebrate: The Lamprey Agnathans Adult Lamprey Anatomy Anatomy of the Lamprey (Ammocoete) Larva4 Vertebrate Integuments Introduction Examination of Vertebrate Integuments Specializations of the Integument5 Skeletal System Tissues of the Skeletal System Divisions of the Skeletal System Postcranial Skeleton Skull Cranial Skeleton Teeth6 Muscular System and External Anatomy Introduction Shark Dissection Necturus Cat7 Digestive Systems Introduction Shark Necturus Cat8 Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Introduction Shark Necturus Cat9 Urogential System Shark Necturus Cat10 Nervous System Introduction Shark Sheep Brain
About the author
Ken Kardong is a professor in the zoology department at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and his MS and BA from the University of Washington. In addition to teaching comparative anatomy and evolution, Ken is also involved in developing software programs for use in the laboratory sections of these courses.
Summary
A laboratory manual that may accompany any comparative anatomy text, but correlates directly to Kardong's Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution text. It carefully guides students through dissections and is richly illustrated. First and foremost, it presents the basic animal architecture in a clear and concise manner.
