Rooney’s Guide To The Dissection of the Horse, 7th Edition

INTRODUCTION

1 NECK

Purpose and Plan of the Dissection 

Exercises on the Live Animal 

2 THORAX

Purpose and Plan of the Dissection 

Withers

Thoracic Wall

Thoracic Viscera

Exercises on the Live Animal 

3 ABDOMEN

Purpose and Plan of the Dissection

Flank, Abdominal Muscles, Lumbar Nerves

Abdominal Topography

Kidney, Uterus, Ovary

Exercises on the Live Animal 

4 PELVIS

Purpose and Plan of the Dissection

Pelvic Inlet

Pelvic Wall and Perineum

Muscles, Vessels, and Nerves of the Perineum

Isolated Male Reproductive Organs

Isolated Female Reproductive Organs

Exercises on the Live Animal

5 HINDLIMB

Purpose and Plan of the Dissection 

Thigh, Leg, Tarsus, and Metatarsus

Hock Joint

Stifle Joint

Passive Stay-Apparatus

Exercises on the Live Animal 

6 FORELIMB

Purpose and Plan of the Dissection 

Shoulder Joint and Ann

Forearm and Metacarpus

Muscles of the Forearm

Carpus

Digit and Hoof

Passive Stay-Apparatus

Exercises on the Live Animal 

7 HEAD

Purpose and Plan of the Dissection

Superficial Structures

Nasal Passages, Mouth, and Pharynx

Paranasal Sinuses

Larynx

Eye

Teeth

Exercises on the Live Animal 

APPENDICES

A—Converting a fresh Hindlimb into a Specimen that demonstrates the passive Stay-Apparatus

B—The Nerve Supply of the Hindlimb Muscles grouped according to their primary Actions

C—Summary of the Innervation of the Fetlock and Digit (Forelimb)

D—The Nerve Supply of the Forelimb Muscles grouped according to their primary Actions

E—The Prominences of the Digital Skeleton and the Ligaments attaching on them—a Review was best done on an articulated Specimen

F—Growth Curve and developmental Stages of the Horse.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

INDEX