Table of Contents

Part I Invertebrates.- Cnidaria.- Stereomicroscopic examination of a Hydra sp..- Light microscopic view of a section through wall of Hydra sp..- Flatworms (Platyhelminthes).- Stereomicroscopic examination of a Planaria sp..- Light microscopic view of sections of Planaria sp. (body wall, and eye).- Roundworms (Nematoda).- Dissection of Ascaris suum.- Histological sections of Ascaris suum (body wall, intestine, male and female gonads).- Annelids.- Dissection of an earthworm (Lumbricus sp.).- Histological sections of an earthworm (cross section and longitudinal section).- Molluscs.- Dissection of a snail (Helix sp.).- Histological sections of a snail (Helix sp.) (mantle edge, heart/lung/kidney, digestive gland, and eye).- Dissection of a mussel (Anodonta sp.).- Histological sections of a mussel (Anodonta sp.) (gills and total cross section).- Arthropods.- Crustaceans.- Dissection of a crayfish (Astacus sp.).- Histological sections of a crayfish (Astacus sp.) (digestive gland).- Insects.-Dissection of a cockroach (Blaberus sp.).- Histological sections of a cockroach (Blaberus sp.) (gizzard, intestine/cecae, Malpighian tubules, trachea, and fat body).- Part II Vertebrates.- Fishes.- Dissection of a crucian (Carassius sp.).- Formalin-fixed specimens (heart, stomach, intestine).- Histological sections (skin/operculum, mouth mucosa, gills, and kidney).- Amphibians.- Dissection of a frog (Rana sp.).- Formalin -fixed specimens (heart, stomach, intestine).- Histological sections (skin, lung, kidney, intestine, and ovary).- Birds.- Dissection of a chicken (Gallus sp.).- Formalin -fixed specimens (heart, stomach, intestine).- Histological sections (skin, preen gland, and lung).- Mammals.- Dissection of a rat (Rattus sp.).- Formalin -fixed specimens (heart, stomach, intestine).- Histological sections (sinus hair, fingertip, trachea, lung, salivary gland, stomach, liver, pancreas, blood, ovary, uterus, testis, and epididymis).- Index.

About the Author

All three authors are affiliated to the Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary. György Kriska is (co-)author of two previously published Springer books, Kinga Molnar co-author of one Springer book: Zboray, G., Kovács, Z., Kriska, G., Molnár, K., Pálfia, Z., Atlas of Comparative Sectional Anatomy of 6 invertebrates and 5 vertebrates Kriska, G, Freshwater Invertebrates in Central Europe. A Field Guide