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Male Elbow Body Slice Specimen

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Male Elbow Body Slice Specimen

Category

Health and Medicine

Classification

CHENHALL - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Biological T&E - Biospecimen

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: A vertical slice of the human, adult male arm, from just before to just after the elbow. It is 0.5 inches in thickness. There are two yellow rods running in the middle along the length of the slice. They meet halfway and form a ball. Under this ball is a yellow triangular piece. The rest of the slice is a red, fibrous material and is then surrounded by a line of white on the very top and bottom.

Materials:

human tissue

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 3.5 in, Width: 7 in, Depth: 0.5 in

Credit

Gift of Loyola University Medical Center, 43.51.2.10

Display Status

On Exhibit

Male Elbow Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Elbow Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Elbow Body Slice Specimen

This is a body slice of the elbow of a male. In the center of this slice are the bones involved in the elbow joint. They are surrounded by layers of muscle and finally, the skin. Colored wax has been used as a stain to highlight the different components. These body slices served as teaching tools for medical students in the 1930s and 1940s. They were provided by the Loyola University School of Medicine and the University of Illinois Department of Anatomy, and were refurbished by Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center. The man and woman died of natural causes. Their bodies were frozen, cut into sections, and then preserved in glass containers filled with a formaldehyde solution.

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