Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates

Description:

1st edition. A mid-twentieth-century textbook of comparative vertebrate anatomy, notable for interpreting anatomical structure in relation to function, performance and behaviour rather than treating morphology purely descriptively. Drawing upon the author’s extensive dissections and field observations, Quiring compares the organ systems of the principal vertebrate groups and illustrates the relationship between form and biological function. The work anticipates the increasingly functional and evolutionary approach to comparative anatomy that became influential later in the twentieth century.

Condition

Orig. cloth. Small name stamp to endpaper. Vg.