Distal lower limb muscles arteries & nerves
Product code: HP0605
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Single Side Left or right side of a region / system / organ.
The lower limb supports the weight of the body, permits locomotion, and helps absorb shock forces. Being able to visualise the position, course, or attachments of deeper structures, in relation to more superficial structures is challenging. This Silicone Plastinate provides views of intermediate and more deeply located muscles, tendons, arteries, and nerves of the distal lower limb, and their layered arrangement. The course, branching and destination of key neurovascular structures can be explored alongside the internal structure of the knee joint and various joints of the foot.
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Polymer injected arteries
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Stand mounted
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Human tissue with unique ID
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Full aftersales support
Key features include
General
- Distal thigh, leg, and foot.
- Most veins removed to provide clear views of underlying/nearby structures.
Muscles and regions
- Muscles of the distal thigh, leg, and foot.
- Transverse section through the thigh, revealing the arrangement of key muscles and neurovasculature of the thigh.
- Various muscles are lifted, reflected, or partially removed to reveal underlying structures and regions, and the layered arrangements of muscles.
- Position and attachment of the distal part of the iliotibial tract.
- Extensor and fibular retinaculae of the ankle in-situ.
- Flexor retinaculum and inferior extensor retinaculum of the ankle reflected or removed.
- Boundaries and neurovascular contents of key regions, including the adductor canal (distal part), popliteal fossa, and tarsal tunnel.
- Boundaries and contents (no veins) of the popliteal fossa.
- Distal part of the quadriceps muscles and associated parts of the knee joint capsule cut and reflected with the patella.
- Proximal tibial shaft (body) cut and rotated to reveal the medial and lateral tibial condyles and menisci, meniscofemoral ligaments, attachments of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, and the various articular surfaces of the knee joint.
- Extensor digitorum longus tendons lifted to reveal underlying neurovasculature and bones of the foot.
- Extensor expansions of the foot.
- Plantar aponeurosis and muscles of the foot lifted and reflected to reveal the position of deeper muscles, including the plantar interossei and lumbricals, and neurovasculature.
- Navicular bone disarticulated and reflected to reveal the articulating surfaces of the talonavicular and cuneonavicular joint, and the position of neurovasculature and tendons on the plantar foot.
- Joints of great toe (digit 1) disarticulated to reveal the articular surfaces of its joints and the sesamoid bones associated with flexor hallucis brevis.
Neurovasculature
- Course, relations, and branches of key vascular structures, including the femoral (distal part), popliteal, anterior tibial, posterior tibial, fibular, plantar, and dorsalis pedis arteries.
- Course, relations, and branches of key neural structures, including the tibial and sural nerves, and the common, superficial, and deep fibular nerves.
- Position of key cutaneous nerves supplying the foot.
- Position and course of the plantar and dorsal digital arteries and nerves of the foot.
Possible variants or pathology (not guaranteed)
- Branching patterns of vessels, nerves, and nerve plexuses.
- Position and course of vessels and nerves.
- Tortuosity of arteries.
- Arterial aneurysm and atherosclerosis.
- Positioning of the limbs.
- Orthopaedic implants.
- Osteoarthritis and disease-related joint deformity.
- Rheumatological bone and soft tissue changes.
- Morphology and position of muscles.
- Muscle attachment points, morphology, and fibre arrangement.
- Number and position of intertendinous connections.
- Age-related changes to muscles.
- Orientation and alignment (valgus/varus) of the joints.
Available customisations
- Retain proximal thigh and associated hemi-pelvis and open the hip joint.
- Please contact us to discuss bespoke customisations.
