Canine Planar Anatomy Atlas

by

T.F. Fletcher, R.M.Hardy, & D.A. Feeney

©1998 by
Thomas F. Fletcher, DVM, PhD
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Minnesota
St.Paul, MN 55108

Contents:
         Purpose
         Features
         Student evaluations
         Cadaver specimens
         Platform requirements
         Download instructions

 

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Purpose:
      Canine Planar Anatomy Atlas 1.0 is a SuperCard application designed for independent study by veterinary students studying canine anatomy in a dissection course. The Atlas complements dissection viewpoints by illustrating anatomical structures of the head, neck, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis in three orthogonal planes of section (transverse, sagittal, and dorsal). By presenting different multiple views of anatomical structures, the courseware offers additional anatomical insights to anyone interested in canine anatomy.

 

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Features:
      Canine Planar Anatomy Atlas 1.0 presents illustrations of transverse plane, sagittal plane, and dorsal plane sections through canine cadavers. One may toggle among sections planes, among levels within a section plane, and among three label options. Captions associated with numerical labels are revealed by pressing corresponding numeric keys on the keyboard. One can elect to maintain a running score of right/wrong identifications of labeled structures.

Feature Summary:

  • Multiple sections per plane of section (39 transverse, 27 sagittal, and 30 dorsal plane sections)
  • Index screens for choosing individual sections within a section plane
  • Three label options per individual section (Muscle/Bone, Viscera/Vessels, or No labels)
  • Label captions viewed by pressing corresponding number keys on the keyboard
  • Toggle among label options per section, among section planes, and among sections per plane
  • Cartoons show plane of section and approximate level per section
  • Automatically cycle through all sections of a given plane of section
  • Optionally keep a running percent score of right and wrong answers

 

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Student Evaluations:

 

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Cadaver specimens:

      Canine Planar Anatomy Atlas 1.0 contains illustrations obtained in the process of producing the book: Feeney, DA, Fletcher, TF and Hardy, RM: Atlas of Correlative Imaging Anatomy of the Normal Dog. Ultrasound and Computed Tomography. W.B. Saunders Co. 1991. Adult Beagle and mixed-breed canine cadavers were embalmed, injected with red (arteries) and blue (veins) latex, frozen, sectioned with a band-saw, and photographed.

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Platform Requirements:

      Canine Planar Anatomy Atlas 1.0 is a SuperCard stand-alone application. Minimal requirements are a Macintosh computer with a 640 x 480 pixel screen capable of displaying thousands of colors and 8 MB of RAM available to run the application. Disc size is 12 MB.

 

Download Instructions:

      A Macintosh computer is required to run Canine Planar Anatomy Atlas 1.0. When you click "Download Now" (below), a 10 MB compressed, self-extracting, Mac binary file "CaninePlanarAnat(1.0).sea.bin" will be transmitted to the location on your hard disk where your browser downloads files. Double-click the downloaded file icon to extract a 12 MB folder "Canine Planar Anatomy (1.0)" (your browser may extract this folder automatically). Inside the folder, double-click the application "Canine Planar Anatomy 1.0" to view the courseware. (You can trash "Canine Planar Anat(1.0).sea" to conserve disk space.) Download Now

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Canine Planar Anatomy Atlas courseware is free of charge for educational use.

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