About This
Veterinary Anatomy Web Site

This Veterinary Anatomy Web Site is an umbrella site that provides access to individual courseware web sites and other teaching resources (lecture notes, course syllabi, schedules, etc.) generally in PDF format. The PDF files and most of the courseware web sites can be downloaded and viewed off-line.

Subject matter is primarily carnivore anatomy and veterinary neurobiology, including PDF versions of anatomy, embryology, and neurobiology lecture presentations for the benefit of students who miss class.

Although our courseware was developed for students at the University of Minnesota, other persons are free to use the materials for educational purposes. We wish to promote inter-institutional sharing of veterinary instructional resources.

Please submit error reports, questions, or comments to:
Tom Fletcher (). We enjoy hearing from you.

Log of recent changes to the web site:

February 2008: Cranial Nerve Animated Quizes
— uses animation to reinforce knowledge of the names, innveration targets,
and fiber type content of cranial nerves

January 2008: Canine Brain Transections
— added pop-up glossary comments when a Atlas term is clicked

December 2007: Autonomic Nervous System
— replaced the previous ANS courseware;
— pathway turorials & tracing are finished, physiology will be added

September 2007: Canine Planar Anatomy
— added the capability to show all labels (click "A" on screen or keyboard)

August 2007: Home Page
— reorganized to eliminate HyperCard courseware (accessible via Site Map)

March 2007: Lab 6: Cerebellum
— present cerebellar anatomy and function via diagrams and images.

January 2007: Canine Brain Transections
— presents the anatomy of the canine brain as seen in transverse sections.

October 2006: Canine Planar Anatomy -- on-line images
— cadavers sectioned in transverse, sagittal, and dorsal planes

September 2006: Web Site Now Served from AHC-ISO Servers
— U of MN Academic Health Center Information Systems Office

April 2006: Gaits
— animated cartoons display foot-fall patterns per gait

February 2006: Histology and Organology Lectures Removed
— the lectures will be distributed via course webCT sites

January 2006: Neurobiology Learning Objects
— Pain Pathways Overview (Canine)
— Nociceptor Response: Stimulus Intensity - AP Frequency
— Vestibular Nerves: Bilateral AP Traffic

January 2006: CVM 6120 Neurobiology Labs 2 & 3
— added Lab 2: Spinal Cord Anatomy
— revised Lab 3: Brain Anatomy Introduction

October 2005: Carnivore Anatomy Dissection Lab Introductions
— updated text and images for a number of Labs

May 2005: Veterinary Anatomy Web Site
— added this About . . . page and made esthetic changes

April 2005: Video-clips of Clinical Neurology Cases
— added new web site

January 2005: CVM 6120 Lab 3: Brain Anatomy Introduction
— added new web site