This work provides an illustrated visualization of canine dissection. It introduces basic mammalian anatomy, and the specific anatomy of the dog, as well as presenting up-to-date anatomical terms from Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria - aimed at fostering use of the latest approved nomenclature.

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine** Get an up-close look at canine anatomy with the only complete guide to the dissection of the dog. Utilizing detailed descriptions and more than 300 high-quality color anatomic drawings, Guide to the Dissection of the Dog, 8th Edition walks you through how to perform precise canine dissections while developing your understanding of basic mammalian structure and specific canine features. Each chapter offers self-contained guidance on the dissection of a specific body part, allowing you to perform dissections in whatever sequence your choose. Other helpful features include: an emphasis on the anatomical knowledge and terminology from the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria; a comprehensive list of all figures and tables; and an extensive list of references for further research. In all, this one-of-a-kind canine dissection manual is the resource you need to better understand and review what you are learning in your first-year dissection course. - The only hands-on canine dissection guide available reinforces the information that you learn in your mandatory first-year dissection course. - Body part organization follows the order of dissection commonly taught in veterinary schools and enables you to perform dissections in any sequence. - More than 300 high-quality color anatomic drawings guide each step-by-step dissection procedure. - Radiographs, CAT scans and MR images appear throughout the text where relevant to help you visualize internal anatomic features that can only be revealed through these diagnostic methods. - Comprehensive list of tables and figures makes it easy to find key images and information at a glance. - Detailed descriptions of anatomical structures ensure the most thorough, precise canine dissections. - Clear and easy-to-follow instructions guide you in properly performing dissection techniques. - Option of a digital book on Pageburst offers high-resolution illustrations that are directly linked to the text — letting you search for any text work or anatomic clue and discover any instance of what you want to read more about. - NEW! High-resolution digital images have been added throughout the book to provide a clinical context for the drawings and to highlight internal anatomic structures with excellent contrast resolution. - NEW! Additional transverse sections of the brain give you the anatomic knowledge you need to accurately interpret MR images. - NEW! Updated figure labels and text adhere to the latest Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria.

Here's the 5th Edition of the world's most comprehensive and well-known guide to canine dissection! This book walks readers through the dissection of every area of a dog's anatomy. It is the only resource that explains and illustrates exactly where to cut and what to look for. Over 250 illustrations--the most detailed available in any text--depict each dissection procedure step by step. The result is today's best way to discover dog anatomy through dissection.

Updated to reflect tremendously expanded knowledge of the anatomy of the dog, this new edition describes and illustrates the specific morphology of the dog with some reference to other species. With eight new contributors, this text includes more in-depth understanding of the nervous system, fetal growth, bone formation, the lymphatic system, the organization of the brain, the structure of the eye and ear, and more! No other book on the anatomy of the dog has such up-to-date detail of structure as this third edition.

This book is a dissection manual of the dog. It designed to be used by DVM students, instructors of anatomy and veterinary interns and residents. Numerous color illustrations are provided to facilitate the identification of the structures being dissected.Also, this guide contains few surgical approaches to some of the long bones of the limbs as well as the shoulder and the elbow joints.

- NEW! Co-editor John W. Hermanson joins the team of Evans and de Lahunta to provide further expertise in the areas of anatomy and comparative anatomy. - NEW! Upgraded digital radiology with a special emphasis on MR and CT scans has been incorporated throughout the text.