General Course Information

• Course Syllabus
• Lab Review Times

Grades

• Final Grades


• Midterm Grades (Grades through Exam 1)

Exams

• Minipractical 1 (Feb. 14) Answer Key
  
  
• Exam 1 (Feb. 21) Answer Key


• Minipractical 2 (April 17) Answer Key


• Exam 2 (April 24) Answer Key


• Optional Final (April 28) Answer Key

Additional Material for Review of Anatomy

• Sample Quiz Questions
  
  
• Review Sheets with Pictures for Labs 1-6 (for Exam 1)
  
  
• Review Sheets with Pictures for Labs 7-13 (for Exam 2)
  
  
• Worksheets and Answer Keys (handed out in class for Labs after Exam 1)
  
  
• Crossword Puzzles (also handed out in lab- usually)

• Avian Respiratory System
  • Diagram of the lung/air sac system of the goose (Fig. 3 on p. 21 of the Lab Manual without the labels, for practice)
• Diagram of the Avian Respiratory System (Fig. 4 on p. 22 of the Lab Manual without the labels, for practice)
• Diagram of Avian Respiration - Inspiration and Expiration
 
• Skeletal System
  • Avian Skeletal Diagram (Figure 2 in Manual without labels, for review)
  • Bovine Skeleton Diagram (Figure. 3 in Manual without labels, for review)
   
• Pig Muscle Diagrams
  • Pig Muscle Diagram (with muscle names)
  • Pig Muscle Worksheet (diagram without names)
 
• Female Reproductive System:
  • Pictures of bovine and ovine placental attachments
   

Labs for Exam 1 (Labs 1-6)

• Central Nervous System (Lab 3) - Anatomy of a neuron, gray & white matter, comparison of brains from different species
• Urinary and Skeletal Systems (Lab 4)
• Muscles (Lab 5) - Muscle Types: skeletal, cardiac and smooth

Labs for Exam 2 (Labs 8-13)

• Cardiovascular System (Lab 7) - muscle types, capillary/vein structure, types of capillaries
• Ruminant Digestive System (Lab 8) - overview of ruminant digestion and microbial fermentation
• Female Mammalian Reproduction (Lab 10) - Uterus & Placenta Types

 

Links to Useful Websites

Bird Respiratory System - Lots of information about the bird, including the diagrans of bird respiration handed out in lab; from a course on Ornithology at Eastern Kentucky University.

Respiratory System of Birds - Site that shows air flow in the bird respiratory system, fro the Pet Education Web Site.

Learning Reproduction in Farm Animals - University of Missouri site with images of male and female reproductive tracts from a variety of species

Avian Reproduction - from an Ornithology Course at Eastern Kentucky University. Excellent diagrams of the repro systems, including egg formation and the structure of the cloaca, which shows how the different functions of the cloaca are separated.

Avian Reproduction from the Poultry Hub- Additional information on avian reproduction. The Poultry Hub parent site contains lots of information on poulty anatomy and physiology In the Poultrypedia (link on the left side of the page)

Porcine Myology - Excellent site for pig muscle identification from the University of Nebraska (also useful for skeleton)

• Fall 2011 Exams

  • Exam1 -Fall 2011
  • Exam 2 - Fall 2011
  • Optional Final from Fall 2011