Thoracic wall
Product code: HP0403
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Whole Whole region / system / unpaired organ.
The thoracic wall protects organs within the thorax and superior part of the abdomen and plays key roles in breathing and the support and movement of the upper limb. Its unique musculoskeletal structure makes it strong yet mobile. This Silicone Plastinate reveals the internal and external structure of the thoracic wall (via two large windows), its connection with the vertebral column and its continuity with the superior part of the abdominal wall. The position and course of its neurovascular supply, the orientation of the ribs and costal cartilages, and the thoracic attachments of the muscles of the pectoral girdle are easily identified and explored.
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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
- Thoracic wall and superior part of the abdominal wall, and their connection/interface (from approximately vertebral level T1 to L1).
- Position, orientation and varying morphology of the ribs and costal cartilages.
- Layered arrangement of the intercostal muscles and muscles of the abdomen.
- Course and tissue layer location of the intercostal and accessory intercostal neurovascular bundles.
- Large bilateral windows reveal the thoracic cavity (all organs removed) and internal views of the thoracic wall and vertebral column.
- Diaphragm mostly removed; thoracic attachments (parts) remain.
- Transverse section of the neck at approximately the level of the showing the spinal cord in the vertebral canal with its meningeal .
- Jugular notch and manubriosternal joint, and their vertebral level positions.
- Orientation and morphology of the superior thoracic aperture.
- Rectus sheath opened to reveal rectus abdominis.
- Muscles of the back, including various epaxial muscles.
- Cutaneous branches of thoracic spinal nerves.
- Sympathetic trunk, thoracic sympathetic ganglia, and various thoracic splanchnic nerves.
Possible variants or pathology (not guaranteed)
- Osteoarthritis and disease-related joint deformity.
- Rheumatological bone and soft tissue changes.
- Distended thorax.
- Morphology and position of muscles.
- Age-related changes to viscera, muscles, and bone.
- Ossification of costal cartilages.
- Sites of previous fracture.
Available customisations
- Reveal the three layers of intercostal muscle in one intercostal space.
- Retain the sternal part of pectoralis major on one side.
- Retain thoracic attachments of latissimus dorsi on one side.
- Retain the thoracic aorta (ascending, arch and descending).
- Retain a strip of parietal pleura spanning costal, vertebral, and mediastinal parts, and the related endothoracic fascia and paravertebral space.
- Cut only one window in thoracic wall (left side).
- Coronal cut through an intervertebral disc and the associated vertebral bodies.
- Sagittal cut through an intervertebral disc and the associated vertebral bodies.
- Please contact us to discuss bespoke customisations.
