Rat dissection manual

This full-color dissection manual is an introduction to the anatomy of the rat. The book can be used with biology, zoology, nursing, or preprofessional students who are taking a laboratory course in anatomy and physiology or basic vertebrate anatomy. David G. Smith received his B. He accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Richmond as the Director of Biology Laboratories and taught laboratory courses there for another four years.

David coauthored his first zoology laboratory manual in , launching a writing career that has spanned more than a decade and has produced six zoology lab manuals and dissection guides, four of which have gone into multiple new editions. He has since moved out of the classroom to concentrate his efforts on authoring educational materials that are designed to improve the quality of the laboratory experience for zoology students.

Michael P. He is a certified medical illustrator. He has received numerous awards for his illustrations and photography and was inducted as a Fellow in the Association of Medical Illustrators in Mike has held illustrator positions at the University of Virginia, the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine where he started a department, the University of Texas Health Science Center Dallas where he was an assistant professor on medical illustration, and the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was director of biomedical illustration services.

Over the course of his career, he has created thousands of illustrations in all scientific disciplines and has been published by every major publisher. Life Sciences. Physical Sciences. The rats do have fur, though they can vary in color. Many lab rats are white, but this does not mean they are albino.

Some rats are white with a black stripe, sometimes called "hooded rats. These rats are stored in "carosafe" a chemical that keeps them preserved.

Over time, rats stored in buckets become bloated with the chemical, use caution when opening the body cavity of these rats as the chemical is prone to spray and splatter. Once an incision is made, the rats can be drained of fluid.

Place your rat in a dissecting tray and examine the external features. The rat and all vertebrates has anatomical regions to help locate structures. Virtual Rat Dissection.