Atlas of Animal Anatomy and Histology

Mammals (Mammalia)

Mounted skeleton of the rat
Lateral view of a female rat
Ventral view of a female rat
Lateral view of a male rat
Ventral view of a male rat
Ventral view of the posterior part of a female rat
Ventral view of the posterior part of a male rat
Ventral view of the head of a rat
Enlarged view of the tail of the rat with scales and hairs
Histological sections of hairy skin with pilosebaceous units (Azan)
Histological sections of hair follicles of pilosebaceous units and whiskers
Histological sections of hair follicles of pilosebaceous units and whiskers
The epidermis of the thick, hairless skin (HE)
Ventral view of a female rat with a cut pattern for the opening the skin
Ventral view of a male rat with a cut pattern for the opening the skin
Partly skinned rat with exposed muscular body wall. (Anterior end is to the left.)
The exposed neck region of the rat
The three salivary glands
Salivary glands
The muscles of the neck, dashed lines show the way of removal of the sternohyoid muscles
Division of the sternohyoid muscles
Isolation of the sternohyoid muscles
The exposed trachea, larynx, thyroid glands and the carotid vagina lying next to them
The right axillary region of a rat. (Anterior end is to the left.)
The ventral view of the muscular body wall of a rat with the cut pattern and order
A cut window on the thoracic wall
The mediastinal pleura and the mediastinum in a posterior view
Organs in the thoracic cavity after the removal of the sternum and the ribs. (Anterior end is to the left.)
Careful removal of the thymus gland from the pericardium of the heart
The aortic arch and its asymmetric branches
The ventral side of the lifted heart with the large blood vessels
The ventral side of the lifted heart with the large blood vessels
The thoracic aorta and the hemiazygos vein on the left side of dorsal body wall
The thoracic part of the sympathetic trunk on the right side of the vertebral column
The heart, the large blood vessels, and the lung in the thoracic cavity
The histology of alveoli
Organs in the abdominal cavity seen though the cut rectus abdominis muscle
A dissected male rat after the opening of the thoracic and abdominal cavity
The compound stomach under the liver and neighbouring organs
The histological sections of the stomach (PAS)
The histological sections of the stomach (PAS)
The pancreas in the mesentery that stretches along the stomach and duodenum
Histological sections of the pancreas: exocrine (left) and endocrine (right) parts (HE)
Histological sections showing the main elements of the hepatic lobules (HE)
A region of the small intestine (jejunum) with its supporting mesentery (peritoneal fold)
A special fold of the peritoneum and bursa omentalis greater omentum
The kidney, the suprarenal gland and the posterior circulation of a male rat
Histological sections of the kidney (HE)
The reproductive system of a female rat
Histological composition of a horn of the uterus (HE)
The left ovary, Fallopian tube (oviduct) and distal part of the uterine horn in a female rat
Histological sections of the female reproductive organs, ovary (left: HE, right: Azan)
Histological sections of the female reproductive organs, ovary (left) and oviduct (right) (Azan)
The reproductive system of a male rat
Histological section of the seminiferous tubules in the testis (HE)
Histological section of the body of epididymis (HE)
The walls of the two ventricles of the rat’s heart are highly asymmetric
The bicuspid valve in the atrio-ventricular opening of the left half of the rat’s heart
The three semilunar valves in the exit of the aorta
Widely opened mouth of the rat by cutting the muscles and the jaws
Section through a circumvallate papilla (HE)
Dorsal view of the isolated tongue-pharynx-larynx-trachea-lung complex
The histological composition of trachea (HE), arrowheads: cilia, RBC: red blood cells
Position of glottis and epiglottis posterior to the root of the tongue
Longitudinal histological section of the epiglottis
Structure and role of the larynx
Dorsal view of the brain of the rat
Ventral view of the brain of the rat