Liver, gallbladder, pancreas & duodenum
Product code: HP1509
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Whole Whole region / system / unpaired organ.
The liver, pancreas and duodenum are closely related abdominal viscera with digestive, endocrine, and immune functions. Consequently, they have rich blood supplies, and are connected via the hepatic portal venous system and a ductal drainage system. Knowledge of these connections and their positions/relations helps explain the consequence of pathologies such as hepatic cirrhosis and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This Silicone Plastinate provides multiple views of the structure of the duodenum, pancreas, and liver, and their positional relationship with each other. The position and course of related arteries, the formation of the hepatic portal vein, and the course of the bile duct system are easily identified.
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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
- Surfaces, fissures, borders, lobes, and visceral impressions of the liver.
- Peritoneal ligaments of the liver (coronary, triangular, falciform, hepatorenal) in their anatomical position.
- Bare area of liver and fibrous (Glisson’s) capsule of liver.
- Porta hepatis with hepatic portal vein and proper hepatic artery, with their right and left branches.
- Extrahepatic bile ducts, normally including the right and left hepatic ducts, common hepatic duct, and bile duct.
- Gallbladder in the anatomical position, with cystic duct and cystic artery.
- Hepatocystic (Calot’s) triangle.
- Inferior vena cava showing the entry points of hepatic veins.
- Round ligament of the liver (ligamentum teres) and ligamentum venosum.
- Duodenum showing its four parts (superior, descending, horizontal, and ascending) and classic C-shape.
- Transverse sections through the superior and ascending parts of duodenum, showing the structure of its wall and arrangement of its mucosa.
- Pancreas, showing its divisions (head, uncinate process, neck, body, and tail), classic ‘hockey-stick’ shape, and lobulated surfaces (peritoneum removed).
- Relationship of the head of the pancreas with the C-shape of the duodenum.
- Superior mesenteric artery and vein, and their relationship to the pancreas and duodenum.
- Main branches of the coeliac trunk.
- Tortuous morphology of the splenic artery and its pancreatic branches.
- Gastroduodenal artery and its relationship with the superior (first) part of duodenum.
- Branching and course of the superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries.
- Window cut in descending (second) part of duodenum to reveal the mucosa, circular folds, and the major duodenal papilla.
- Bile duct passing into and through (dissected) the head of the pancreas.
- Distal part of pancreatic duct and its junction with the bile duct (where present) to form the hepatopancreatic ampulla (Vater).
- Hepatic portal vein formation posterior to the neck of the pancreas.
Possible variants or pathology (not guaranteed)
- Branching pattern of arterial supplies.
- Position and tortuosity of the splenic artery.
- Structure, dimensions, and course of the extrahepatic bile ducts.
- Pancreas showing variable levels of colouration.
- Paraumbilical veins along round ligament ofthe liver (ligamentum teres).
- Inferiorly elongated right (Reidel) lobe of liver.
- Inferior mesenteric vein entry to hepatic portal vein.
- Hepatic tumour or cyst.
- Hepatic segments show variable levels of colouration.
Available customisations
- Retain the spleen and associated vasculature.
- Retain related parts of the abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava.
- Retain the inferior mesenteric vein.
- Retain some of the diaphragm to show attachment of the coronary and triangular ligaments.
- Please contact us to discuss bespoke customisations.
