Tongue, larynx, pharynx & thyroid
Product code: HP1405
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Whole Whole region / system / unpaired organ.
The tongue, pharynx, oesophagus, and larynx have shared functions in breathing, speech, and swallowing: their correct and co-ordinated functioning is essential for airway patency and protection. The structure and orientation of this important region is often challenging to appreciate with these structures in-situ. This Silicone Plastinate enables this complex collection of structures, their orientation, and positional relationships to be viewed from various angles. The position, morphology, and relations of regional nerves, arteries, muscles, and glands (thyroid, submandibular and sublingual) are also revealed.
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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
- Oral and pharyngeal surfaces of the tongue, showing various papillae, the terminal sulcus, foramen cecum and lingual tonsil.
- Various muscles of tongue, including hyoglossus, styloglossus, and genioglossus.
- Vallecula, epiglottis and piriform recesses.
- Mylohyoid and mucosa of oral cavity (sublingual region).
- Structure and position of the submandibular gland and duct, and the sublingual glands.
- Superior view of rima glottidis and the vocal and vestibular folds.
- Oropharynx and laryngopharynx, and connection to the oesophagus.
- Mucosa of pharynx.
- Pharyngeal constrictor muscles and their connection to the larynx.
- Pharyngeal raphe and the triangular dehiscence (Killian) of muscle fibres prone to pouch/diverticulum formation.
- Transition in muscle fibre arrangement between the pharynx and oesophagus.
- Infrahyoid and suprahyoid muscles of the neck (parts).
- Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) and its branching.
- Hyoid bone and related (attached) structures.
- Position and external structure of the larynx, including the cartilages, connecting membranes and cricothyroid muscle.
- Internal and recurrent laryngeal nerves entering the larynx.
- Thyroid gland in anatomical position.
Possible variants or pathology (not guaranteed)
- Morphology of the thyroid, parotid, and submandibular glands.
- Thyroid or salivary gland tumour or cyst.
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