Colour Atlas of Veterinary Anatomy

This text, focusing on the dog and cat, is the first of three atlases of veterinary anatomy. It presents the exact topography of the animal, and then shows a detailed dissection. Each chapter covers a particular body region, and there are photographs of the surface anatomy and articulated skeleton.

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The dog and the cat is the third volume in a series on veterinary anatomy, volumes I & II being "The Ruminants" and "The Horse". Important features of topographical anatomy are presented in a series of full-colour photographs of detailed dissections. The structures are identified in accompanying coloured drawings, which aim to clarify the relationships of the relevant structures. When necessary, information needed for interpretation of the photographs is given in the captions. The book starts with photographs of the regional surface features taken before dissection, and in subsequent chapters the dissection of each part is shown in detail. The dissections, photographs and drawings have been specially prepared for this book. Primarily, dissections show the greyhound, but relevant dissections also show the boxer and the cat where important variations must be illustrated. The aim of these dissections and photographs is to reveal the topography of the animal as it would be presented to the veterinary surgeon during a routine clinical examination.
Therefore, lateral views predominate, avoiding, as far as possible, photographs of parts removed from the body or the use of views from unusual angles, or of unusual bodily positions. With this book veterinary surgeons and students will be able to see, beneath the outer surface of the animals entrusted to their care, the muscles, bones, vessels, nerves and viscera that go to make up each region of the body and each organ system.