Joints & ligaments of the vertebral column
Product code: HP1011
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Single Side Left or right side of a region / system / organ.
The vertebral column forms the structural core of the body. It protects and conveys the spinal cord while enabling an upright posture, permitting movement, and providing an attachment and articulation point for numerous muscles and the ribs. The vertebral column has an inherent stablity due to the combination of joints and ligaments. This Silicone Plastinate enables the structure and alignment of the intervertebral and zygapophyseal (facet) joints to be visualized and explored alongside the joint capsules, intervertebral discs, and associated ligaments.
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Uninterrupted 360° views
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Stand mounted
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Human tissue with unique ID
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Full aftersales support
Typical Features
- Inferior cervical, thoracic and superior lumbar vertebrae.
- Position and structure of the intervertebral symphysis joints, including the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus.
- Ligaments of the vertebral column including supraspinous, interspinous, flava, intertransverse, and anterior and posterior longitudinal.
- Proximal parts of ribs with the costovertebral joints and associated ligaments.
- Spinous processes and vertebral arch removed across several levels to reveal the thoracic spinal cord and its meningeal coverings.
- Bodies of some vertebra (lower cervical and lower thoracic/upper lumbar) reflected or removed to reveal the spinal cord and/or cauda equina and its meningeal coverings.
- Anterior and posterior roots of spinal nerves forming the spinal nerve, and the associated rami.
- Spinal nerves exiting from the intervertebral foramina.
- Formation of the roots of some spinal nerves.
Possible variants or pathology
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoarthritis and disease-related joint deformity.
- Rheumatological changes to bone and soft tissue changes.
- Age-related changes to soft tissues.
- Axial spondyloarthritis.
- Insufficiency fracture of body of vertebra.
- Degeneration of intervertebral disc.
- Stenosis of intervertebral foramina.
- Stenosis of the vertebral canal.
- Altered curvatures of the vertebral column (e.g. excess thoracic kyphosis or scoliosis).
- Sites of previous bone fracture.
Available customisations
- Leave reflected lower (e.g., thoracic/lumbar) vertebral bodies whole to reveal the posterior longitudinal ligament (Note: limits view of the intervertebral disc).
- Please contact us to discuss bespoke customisations.
