At last! A new comprehensive and contemporary dissection guide to the mink! If you are currently using the mink or are considering switching to it as a lower-cost alternative to your current dissection specimen, take a close look at this full-color dissection manual.

This new book features superior-quality, full-color photographs and diagrams. The text is clearly written, and dissection instructions are set apart in boxes to aid the students in the lab. Informative tables summarize key information, and student objectives establish the purpose of each chapter and lab. The dissection guide is loose-leaf and three-hole drilled for convenience in the laboratory. Since prepared mink skeletons are not always available, the cat skeleton is utilized in the skeletal system chapter, with appropriate discussion and pictures of mink structures, as appropriate.

Introduction
� Basic Dissection Techniques
� Body Planes and Regions
Chapter 1 External Features
� Laboratory Objectives
� General External Features
� Female External Features
� Male External Features
Chapter 2 Skeletal System
� Laboratory Objectives
� Types of Joints
� Axial Skeleton
� Appendicular Skeleton
Chapter 3 Muscular System
� Laboratory Objectives
� The Head and Neck
� Neck and Pectoral Region
� Forelimb
� The Back
� The Abdomen
� Pelvic Region and Proximal Hindlimb
� Distal Hindlimb
Chapter 4 Digestive System
� Laboratory Objectives
� Head, Neck and Oral Cavity
� Abdominal Cavity
Chapter 5 Circulatory System
� Laboratory Objectives
� Thoracic Cavity and Neck Region
� Abdominal Cavity
� The Heart
Chapter 6 Respiratory System
� Laboratory Objectives
� The Thoracic Cavity
� The Oral Cavity
Chapter 7 Reproductive and Excretory Systems
� Laboratory Objectives
� Reproductive System
� Excretory System
Chapter 8 Nervous System
� Laboratory Objectives
� The Brain
� Cranial Nerves
� Brachial Plexus
� The Eye
Chapter 9 Endocrine System
� Laboratory Objectives
� Cranial and Thoracic Regions
� Abdominal Region
References
Glossary
Index