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Veterinary Carnivore Anatomy

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CONTENTS:
  • Carnivore Anatomy (CVM 6100)
  • Additional Material

    • Carnivore Gross Anatomy (CVM 6100) Courseware

    COURSEWARE RECOMMENDATIONS for Veterinary Anatomy Students
    Recommends courseware available on this web site for veterinary students taking a first-year anatomy course (CVM 6100).

    Veterinary Anatomy Concepts Checker
    This web site focuses on anatomical concepts, giving students an opportunity to clarify conceptual understanding via self-assessment. Per subject category, a series of query screens is presented randomly. Each screen consists of a centrally placed statement surrounded by four randomly positioned phrases that are either true or false. A Show Answer button reveals your success and offers a conceptual explanation. A Delete Screen button eliminates screens from the available pool.

    Anatomy Directions, Planes, and Muscle/Joint Actions
    Descriptions of directional terms, anatomical planes, and muscle/joint actions pertinent to veterinary anatomy, including interactive animations and planar images.

    Autonomic Nervous System
    This web site presents autonomic nervous system anatomy and autonomic physiology/pharmacology. Visceral efferent nerve pathways to canine body regions are emphasized. The web site features animated tutorials for learning pathways and animation quizzes for tracing one's knowledge of sympathetic and parasympathetic pathways to regional visceral organs.

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    Canine Head MRI Atlases
    This web site presents images of a cadaver Beagle Head (Cranium) obtained by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Three Atlases show labeled MRI images in transverse, sagittal, and dorsal planes of view, respectively. Buttons toggle labels and enable you to switch between bright and dark versions of the images; also, a slider allows you to fade between the two image versions.

    Canine Planar Anatomy
    This web-site presents on-line 900x600 pixel images of canine cadavers sectioned in sagittal, transverse, and dorsal planes. To focus attention, each image has ten or more labels that are accessible via the mouse or the keyboard. Images are grouped by region: head/neck, thorax, & abdomen/pelvis.

    Carnivore Dissection Lab Introductions
    A web site intended for veterinary students studying Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Minnesota. Laboratory objectives, terminology, commentary, and 10-12 labeled cadaver images with captions are presented for each of 25 labs devoted to carnivore (dog/cat) dissection. The web site enables students to preview content before a lab and/or to review lab content before an exam. Students may toggle labels on/off to self-assess their anatomical knowledge.

    Carnivore Muscle Identification: Self-Assessment Quiz
    This web site presents images of dissected muscles from dog & cat cadavers displayed in a quiz context, enabling veterinary students to self-assess their knowledge of muscle identification. Per muscle group, students are repetitively asked to identify a randomly selected muscle by choosing among randomly numbered labels on randomly chosen images. Either the mouse or keyboard can be used for muscle selection and navigation.

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    Carnivore Lower Urinary Tract
    This web site presents Embryonic Development, Anatomy, Innervation, Physiology, and Clinical Case Examples pertaining to the lower urinary tract of the dog and cat. In addition, there is a Knowledge Self-Assessment section featuring True/False quizzes geared for instruction, rather than grading. Each quiz page is linked to a pop-up tutorial page. NOTE: If a border appears when you mouse-over an image, you may click the image to view additional information, an enlarged image, or an animation.

    Cranial Nerves Animated Quiz
    Animated quizzes are presented for students to reinforce their knowledge of the names, innervation targets, and fiber type content of cranial nerves. The quizzes demonstrate the correct answer when a choice is made. Each time RESET is clicked, a new randomized version of the quiz is presented.

    Gaits
    This web site employs cartoon animations to help veterinary students recognize 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.

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    Additional Instructional Material & Links

    CVM 6100 Carnivore Anatomy Terms List
    A List of Anatomical Terms per Lab. The list contains the anatomical structures that you are expected to identify in each of 25 carnivore dissection labs. (Structures shown in small type are less likely than those in large type to be included on exams.)

    Link: University of Illinois Radiographic Anatomy Imaging
    The University of Illinois has produced an outstanding web site for viewing normal radiographic anatomy images. The canine is most thoroughly presented, followed by feline, equine and bovine images. The site is still undergoing development.

    Anatomical Adaptation for Cursorial Locomotion
    A web page that highlights anatomical changes associated with running in quadrupeds along with the anatomical compromises imposed by diet (herbivore vs. carnivore).

    University of Minnesota Veterinary Anatomy Museum
    Presents a slide-show of images from the Veterinary Anatomy Museum at the University of Minnesota. Images are categorized by Species, Anatomical Region, Disease Condition, and Type of Specimen Preservation.

    Link: Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum
    Web Site of the Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum, which is dedicated to preserving the rich history of veterinary medicine in Minnesota.