BIOAP 3200

Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The aim of this course will be to give students an understanding of anatomy using the dog as a model system. Though this course is geared towards veterinary anatomy, it is relevant to human anatomy. It takes a regions-based approach to generating a map of the animal body and will be split into a lecture portion and lab portion where students will study anatomy in small groups using dog cadavers. By the end of the course, students will understand how different body systems function, how they fit together, and will understand the language of anatomy. Anatomy is the first course that students take in their first year of veterinary/medical school and students will learn the basics necessary to succeed in a graduate/professional level anatomy course.

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Learning Outcomes

• Diagram anatomical structures within a single body region in the dog and how those structures work together to form body systems demonstrating understanding of inter-relationships within and between anatomical regions.
• Competently dissect and identify anatomical structures on dog cadavers and in prosection material.
• Be able to use anatomical terminology fluently to describe where one structure is relative to another.
• Apply dog anatomical knowledge to explain broad evolutionary similarities and differences between canines and other animals commonly seen in veterinary practice (as well as humans when relevant).

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