A Manual of Practical Zoology : Chordates

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Book Summary:

The book “A Manual of Practical Zoology Chordates” has been written to meet the needs of those studying Practical Zoology at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in Indian Universities. The important characters and geographical distribution of museum specimens and permanent slides have been given pointwise along with their suitable illustrations in order to make it easily understandable to the students.

A large number of types have been selected from each group and class to fulfil the needs of students at different Universities. Text is illustrated with 522 figures. The figures have been drawn with full clarity. Special care has been taken to co-ordinate the account with the figures. It is hoped that the present book will serve the purpose of those for whom it is written.

In this edition new topics have been added in the respective chapters

Audience of the Book :

For Zoology Degree Level Students. A few chapters e.g.,microscope and chromatography have been included afresh. Besides these a few dissections, several museum specimens and permanent slides have also been added at appropriate places.

 

Key Features:

The following new topics have been added in the respective chapters :

•  (i) several new birds and mammals in the chapters of museum specimens of birds and mammals
• (ii) new microscopic slides in the respective chapters of microscopic slides
• (iii) several new embryological slides in the respective chapters of embryological slides
• (iv) a new chapter of Skeleton of Scoliodon has been added afresh in this edition
• (v) several new exercises have been included in the section of Experimental Physiology.
• By the inclusion of the above chapters the present edition will be more useful to the readers.

Table of Contents:

1. Directions For Laboratory Works
2. Microscopes
3. Preparation Of Laboratory Reagents
4. Dissections
5. Permanent SlidesImportant Mountings, Study Of Museum: Group
6. Phylum Chordata
7. Protochordata
8. Class- Cyclostomata
9. Series -Pisces
10. Class - Amphibia
11. Class - ReptiliaClass Aves
12. Class Mammalia
13. Slides Of Protochordata
14. Slides Of Cylostomata
15. Slides Of Fishes
16. Slides Of Amphibia
17. Slides Ofreptilia Slides Of Birds
18. Slides Of Mammalia
19. Histology Of Some Vibrant Tissues
20. Embryological Slides
21. Osteology
22. Skeleton Of Scoliodon
23. Skeleton Of Frog
24. Skeleton Of Varanus
25. Skeleton Of Fow
26. Skeleton Of Rabbit
27. Skeleton Of Dog
28. List Of Chemicals And Apparatus
29. Experimental Biochemistry And Physiology
30. Chromatography