Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy: A Laboratory Dissection Guide

This high-quality laboratory manual may accompany any comparative anatomy text, but correlates directly to Kardong's "Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution" text. This text carefully guides students through dissections and is richly illustrated. First and foremost, the basic animal architecture is presented in a clear and concise manner. This richly illustrated manual carefully guides students through dissections. Throughout the dissections, the authors pause strategically to bring the students attention to the significance of the material they have just covered.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction Classification and Comparison Defining the Chordates Studying Advice Designing for Students 2 Protochordates H4>Protochordates 3 Agnathans--Examination of a Primitive Vertebrate: The Lamprey Agnathans Adult Lamprey Anatomy Anatomy of the Lamprey (Ammocoete) Larva 4 Vertebrate Integuments Introduction Examination of Vertebrate Integuments Specializations of the Integument 5 Skeletal System Tissues of the Skeletal System Divisions of the Skeletal System Postcranial Skeleton Skull Cranial Skeleton Teeth 6 Muscular System and External Anatomy Introduction Shark Dissection Necturus Cat 7 Digestive Systems Introduction Shark Necturus Cat 8 Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Introduction Shark Necturus Cat 9 Urogential System Shark Necturus Cat 10 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. Ed Zalisko is a professor in the biology department at Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL. He received his Ph.D. in zoology from Washington State University and an MA and BA in zoology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. He has taught courses in comparative anatomy, human anatomy and physiology, developmental biology, cell biology, zoology, and human reproductive biology.