Guiding students through dissections, this manual presents the basic animal architecture.

This high-quality laboratory manual may accompany any comparative anatomy text, but correlates directly to Kardong's "Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution" text. This text carefully guides students through dissections and is richly illustrated. First and foremost, the basic animal architecture is presented in a clear and concise manner. This richly illustrated manual carefully guides students through dissections. Throughout the dissections, the authors pause strategically to bring the students attention to the significance of the material they have just covered.

1 Introduction Classification and Comparison Defining the Chordates Studying Advice Designing for Students 2 Protochordates H4>

Protochordates
3 Agnathans--Examination of a Primitive Vertebrate: The Lamprey Agnathans Adult Lamprey Anatomy Anatomy of the Lamprey (Ammocoete) Larva 4 Vertebrate Integuments Introduction Examination of Vertebrate Integuments Specializations of the Integument 5 Skeletal System Tissues of the Skeletal System Divisions of the Skeletal System Postcranial Skeleton Skull Cranial Skeleton Teeth 6 Muscular System and External Anatomy Introduction Shark Dissection Necturus Cat 7 Digestive Systems Introduction Shark Necturus Cat 8 Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Introduction Shark Necturus Cat 9 Urogential System Shark Necturus Cat 10 Nervous System Introduction Shark Sheep Brain