Courseware Recommendations
CVM 6100 Veterinary Anatomy


A variety of courseware web sites are available via the
Carnivore Anatomy Courseware &
Developmental Anatomy Courseware
sections of our University of Minnesota
Veterinary Anatomy Web Site.
The following recommendations present pertinent courseware in the
context of students taking CVM 6100 Veterinary Anatomy.

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Anatomy Dissection-Lab Related:

This web site illustrates/animates directional terms & planes used to navigate the cadaver:
                              Anatomy Directions, Planes & Muscle/Joint Actions

This site, which illustrates cadaver dissections per lab, is the most intensely used by students:
                              Carnivore Dissection Lab Introductions

This web site enables you to self-assess your muscle knowledge prior to the first exam:
                              Carnivore Muscle Identification: Self-Assessment Quiz

This site will give you a different (planar) perspective of anatomy when you dissect viscera:
                              Canine Planar Anatomy

When we dissect the head, challenge yourself with these planar MRI views of the cranium:
                              Canine Head MRI Atlases


Anatomy Lecture Related:

This web site focusses on anatomical concepts, giving you an opportunity to clarify conceptual understanding via self-assessment. Use it to confirm your knowledge and develop reassurance that you grasp essential antomical ideas:
                              Anatomy Concepts Checker

This web site covers everything you would want to know about the ANS. Use it to supplement lecture material if you have the time and interest. At least check out the animations & quizzes which may help you learn pathways to visceral organs:
                              Autonomic Nervous System

This site comprehensively covers the urinary bladder and urethra. Look at the anatomy and embryology sections:
                              Carnivore Lower Urinary Tract

Take these animation quizes to consolidate your cranial nerve knowledge for the third exam:
                              Cranial Nerves Animated Quiz


Developmental Anatomy (Embryology):

Embryology is presented through a series of narrated screen presentations (screencasts):
       Embryology Highlights (Screencasts)

For an outline perspective and to self-evaluate your knowledge of embryology, use:
       Developmental Anatomy - Subject Outlines & Knowledge Self-Assessment


Additional material:

This web site uses cartoon animations to present limb patterns of the major gaits of cursorial quadrupeds (running animals). The ability to recognize gaits and anticipate foot-fall patterns in a moving animal is essential for identifying gait abnormalities:
                              Gaits

This site highlights the anatomical changes associated with running (cursorial locomotion) in quadrupeds, along with anatomical compromises imposed by diet (herbivore vs. carnivore):
                              Anatomical Adaptation for Cursorial Locomotion

The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine has produced an outstanding web site for viewing normal radiographic anatomy images:
                              Link: University of Illinois Radiographic Anatomy Imaging