VTMED 6101

Anatomy of the Horse

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

Organized as a traditional anatomy course that relies primarily on students learning the anatomy of horses through hands-on dissection laboratories augmented by lectures and highlighted by clinical correlations. An understanding of anatomy that provides the foundation for surgery and medicine. Its relevance to clinical practice is emphasized by the regional approach to dissection. Most lectures emphasize structural-functional correlations that are unique or important in the horse. Student dissection cadavers will be supplemented by skeletal materials, radiographs, models, preserved pre-dissected specimens, and fresh specimens when they are available. 

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: first year veterinary students. Second and third year veterinary students with permission of instructor.

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