Canine Brain Atlas

© 1998, 1999
Thomas F. Fletcher, DVM, Ph.D
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Minnesota
St.Paul, MN 55108

Contents:
         Purpose
         Features
         Student Evaluations
         Platform requirements
         Download instructions

Purpose:
Canine Brain Atlas 2.0.1 is independent study courseware that allows students to learn brain anatomy at their own pace and at their convenience. It is a SuperCard appication for the Macintosh platform. It was designed for first-year veterinary students studying Neurobiology.

Features:

• Canine Brain Atlas presents color plates of 16 stained transverse sections through a canine brain. Each plate is accompanied by a list of the names of structures that veterinary students are expected to know.
  
• Clicking a name highlights the term and produces a label on the color plate and a definition of the selected term. By clicking a button, students can hear the name of the structure pronounced.
  
• Alternatively, one can make all labels visible. Then, clicking a label highlights the name of the corresponding structure and shows its definition.
  
• An unlabeled, enlarged image of each brain section is available. One can step singly or cycle continuously through the enlarged images.
  
• In addition to brain sections, labeled illustrations of surface views and various dissections of the canine brain are available, organized by brain division.
  

Student Evaluations:

Platform Requirements:

Canine Brain Atlas 2.0.1 is a SuperCard stand-alone application. It requires a Macintosh computer with a color display and 10 MB of RAM available to run the application. The courseware is optimized for 640 by 480 pixel resolution and thousands of colors. Disc size is 25 MB.

Download Instructions:

A Macintosh computer is required to run Canine Brain Atlas. When you click "Download Now" (below), a 14 MB compressed, self-extracting, binary file "Canine Brain Atlas 2.0.1.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 25 MB file "Canine Brain Atlas 2.0.1" . Double-click it to view the courseware. (You should trash "Canine Brain Atlas 2.0.1.sea.bin" to conserve disk space.) Download Now