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Normal Sea Lion Anatomy :
INTEGUMENT (SKIN) AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: Mouth, Teeth, Esophagus, Stomach, Intestines
URINARY SYSTEM: Kidneys, Bladder, Ureters, Urethra
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: Ovaries, Uterus, Vagina, Testicles, Vas Deferens, Penis
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: Heart and Blood Vessels, Lymphatic System
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: Nose, Nasopharynx, Trachea, Bronchi and Lungs
LYMPHORETICULAR SYSTEM: Spleen, Lymph Nodes, Thymus
LYMPH NODES AND TONSILS
THYMUS AND BONE MARROW
SPLEEN
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM: Bones, Joints and Muscles
MUSCLES
BONES AND JOINTS
STELLER'S SEA LION SKELETON (FOR REFERENCE)
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands, Pancreas and Adrenal Glands
THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS
PANCREAS
ADRENAL GLANDS
NERVOUS SYSTEM: Brain, Spinal Cord, Nerves and Ganglia
SPECIAL SENSES: Eyes, Ears, Nose
ANATOMICAL DIAGRAMS
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Post Mortem Examination:
EXAMINING THE SPECIAL SENSES: EYES, EARS AND NOSE
EXAMINING THE SKIN AND MAKING THE FIRST CUTS
SAMPLING THE THYMUS, LYMPH NODES AND SPLEEN
EXAMINING THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
EXAMINING THE LIVER AND GALLBLADDER
EXAMINING THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
EXAMINING THE UROGENITAL TRACT OF FEMALES
EXAMINING THE UROGENITAL TRACT OF MALES
EXAMINING THE URINARY TRACT
EXAMINING GLANDS: PANCREAS, THYROID, PARATHYROID AND ADRENAL GLANDS
PANCREAS
THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS
ADRENAL GLANDS
REMOVING AND EVALUATING THE "PLUCK"
EXAMINING THE HEART
EXAMINING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART
EXAMINING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART
EXAMINING THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
REMOVING THE BRAIN
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Causes of Illness and Death:
HUMAN INTERACTIONS
GUNSHOT
HOOK OR LURE INGESTION
NET OR LINE ENTANGLEMENT
LINE ENTRAPMENT
NET ENTRAPMENT
ENTRAPMENT IN OTHER OBJECTS
BOAT STRIKE
NON-HUMAN TRAUMA SOURCES
SHARK BITE
OTHER CAUSES OF TRAUMA
INFECTIOUS AGENTS
VIRUSES
HERPESVIRUS
CALICIVIRUS
FOLLOW THE PROGRESSION OF ORAL LESION DEVELOPMENT AND HEALING IN A LIVE SEA LION
POXVIRUS
PAPILLOMAVIRUS
BACTERIA
LEPTOSPIROSIS
SEPTICEMIA (SYSTEMIC BACTERIAL INFECTIONS)
ABSCESSES AND CELLULITIS
FUNGI
PARASITES
MACROSCOPIC (LARGE) PARASITES
EXTERNAL PARASITES
NASAL MITES
GASTROINTESTINAL WORMS
NEMATODES (ROUNDWORMS)
TAPEWORMS (FLATWORMS)
TREMATODES (FLUKES) AND ACANTHOCEPHALANS (THORNY-HEADED WORMS)
LUNGWORMS
LIVER FLUKES
FASCIAL WORMS
MICROSCOPIC (SMALL) PARASITES
PROTOZOANS: SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA
TOXINS AND POLLUTANTS
Domoic Acid
TUMORS
CARCINOMAS AND ADENOCARCINOMAS
UROEPITHELIAL CARCINOMAS
UROEPITHELIAL CARCINOMA IN A HARBOR SEAL
SARCOMAS
OTHER TUMORS
MALNUTRITION/ EMACIATION
CONGENITAL DEFECTS
INTERESTING CASES AND DISEASE SYNDROMES: ARRANGED BY ORGAN SYSTEM
ABNORMALITIES OF THE INTEGUMENT AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES
ABNORMALITIES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Oral Cavity
Stomach
Intestines and Peritoneum
ABNORMALITIES OF THE LIVER AND GALLBLADDER
ABNORMALITIES OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
ABNORMALITIES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Females
Males
ABNORMALITIES OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
ABNORMALITIES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Case report: A lung abcess ruptures
ABNORMALITIES OF THE LYMPHORETICULAR SYSTEM
ABNORMALITIES OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
SKELETAL PATHOLOGY
Bone disease resulting from trauma
Bone disease secondary to infection
Bone disease secondary to human interaction
Degenerative or congenital bone and joint disease
Bone disease due to other causes, known or unknown
MUSCULAR PATHOLOGY
ABNORMALITIES OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
ABNORMALITIES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
MENINGOENCEPHALITIS, ELEPHANT SEAL
ABNORMALITIES OF THE SPECIAL SENSES
OCULAR PATHOLOGY
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Species ID, Sampling, Etc:
TOO GROSS TO POST?: ASSESSING POSTMORTEM CONDITION
RECOGNIZING POSTMORTEM ACTIVITY BY LARGE SCAVENGERS
SCAVENGERS IN MINIATURE: AUTOLYSIS AND MYIASIS
WATCH IT ROT! OBSERVE THE PROCESS OF AUTOLYSIS (DECOMPOSITION) OVER ONE MONTH.
A FRESHLY DEAD SEA LION HITS THE BEACH....
AFTER ONE WEEK OF DECOMPOSITION.....
AFTER TWO WEEKS OF DECOMPOSITION.....
AFTER ONE MONTH OF DECOMPOSITION ON THE BEACH......
A BODY HITS THE BEACH: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARCASS SCORING SYSTEM
SELF-TEST: HOW FRESH IS THAT CARCASS?
BEACH PARTY OR SCIENCE PROJECT?: BEACH NECROPSY VS FULL POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION
UFO SIGHTING (UNIDENTIFIED FLOATING OBJECTS): HINTS ON CARCASS IDENTIFICATION
OTARIIDS (Eared seals) The Family OTARIIDAE (Fur Seals and Sea Lions) falls under the Suborder Pinnipedia and the Order Carnivora.
CALIFORNIA SEA LION (Zalophus californianus)
STELLER SEA LION (Eumetopius jubatus)
STELLER SEA LION SKELETON
GUADALUPE (Arctocephalus townsendi) AND NORTHERN (Callorhinus ursinus) FUR SEALS
PHOCIDS (Earless or true seals) The Family PHOCIDAE also belong to the Suborder Pinnipedia and the Order Carnivora.
HARBOR SEAL (Phoca vitulina)
ELEPHANT SEAL (Mirounga angustirostris)
CETACEANS
SEA OTTERS
SELF-TEST: WHAT IS IT?
WE FOUND IT, NOW WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT?: TRANSPORT AND CARE OF CARCASSES
HIM OR HER?: TIPS ON GENDER DETERMINATION
YOUNG BUCK OR OLD FART?: HELPFUL HINTS ON AGE DETERMINATION
SIZE DOES MATTER!: STANDARDIZED WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
WHAT TO DO ALL WITH THAT GOO?: SAMPLE COLLECTION AND STORAGE
IS IT ROT, OR IS IT NOT?: POSTMORTEM ARTIFACTS