Anatomy of the Vertebrates Author:George C. Kent ISBN 0-8016-2644-7 spiral bound. Third Edition. Laboratory Guide - teaching manual. — This manual is designed for 84 hours of laboratory instruction. The organismal approach is used which allows students to visualize an organism as a structural and functional entity rather than as a collection of systems. Suggested demonstrations that students ma... more »y examine at their convenience have been provided for possible course enrichment. Illustrations are provided only to decrease the time needed for identifying parts that have already been dissected and not for guidance during actual dissection. Dissection should be an adventure - a process of exploration and discovery - and not an exercise in confirming a picture.« less