Brain, ventricles & cranial nerves
Product code: HP1203
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Whole Whole region / system / unpaired organ.
The brain is the originator, processor, and controller of numerous body functions including movement, sensation, communication, mood, emotion, memory, homeostasis, and decision making. To ensure correct functioning and provide protection, the brain is bathed in cerebrospinal fluid, a filtrate of blood produced by the choroid plexus within the ventricular system of the brain. This Silicone Plastinate reveals the position and relations of the ventricular system and choroid plexus. Parts of the external structure of the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum are revealed, alongside the origin of most cranial nerves.
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Uninterrupted 360° views
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Human tissue with unique ID
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Full aftersales support
Key features include
- Whole brain, consisting of the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum, with the arachnoid and blood vessels removed.
- External features of parts of the cerebrum including its hemispheres, lobes, lobules, fissures, sulci, and gyri.
- Superior part of cerebrum removed via a transverse cut to reveal a superior view into the lateral ventricles, part of the septum pellucidum and the interventricular foramen.
- Part of the septum pellucidum and one fornix removed to reveal a superior view into the third ventricle.
- Temporal lobe dissected (one side) to reveal the atrium and temporal horn of the lateral ventricle.
- Choroid plexus within the lateral and fourth ventricles.
- Anatomical relations of the lateral ventricle including the caudate nucleus, hippocampus, thalamus, and fornix.
- Olfactory bulb and tract.
- Optic chiasm and its relationship with the pituitary gland.
- External features of the brainstem including its three main parts (midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata), cerebral peduncles, interpeduncular fossa, and pyramids of medulla oblongata.
- Parts of the occipital lobe, parietal lobe, and the cerebellum (vermis and posterosuperior part) removed to reveal the fourth ventricle and a posterior view of the brainstem.
- Superior colliculus, inferior colliculus, and pineal gland.
- Origin and proximal parts of the cranial nerves (most), including the posterior brainstem origin of the trochlear nerve (CN IV).
- External features of parts of the cerebellum including its hemispheres, lobes, lobules, fissures, and folia.
Possible variants or pathology (not guaranteed)
- Position and extent of sulci, gyri, fissures, and folia.
- Bilateral presence of all cranial nerves.
- Amount retained of the olfactory bulb.
- Adult onset or normal pressure hydrocephalus.
- Exact position of brain cuts.
- Visibility of the interventricular foramen.
Available customisations
- Retain and polymer inject the arterial supply to the brain.
- Reveal the dentate nucleus within the cerebellum.
- Reveal the internal capsule and various nuclei of the corpus striatum (basal ganglia) in one cerebral hemisphere in transverse section.
- Please contact us to discuss bespoke customisations.
