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Male Wrist Body Slice Specimen

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Male Wrist Body Slice Specimen

Category

Health and Medicine

Classification

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

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Cross section of a human wrist. Specimen is a general horizontal oval shape that is about 2.5 inches wide. The outer border of the specimen is tan in color. The interior includes a red, fibrous material with several white patches scattered throughout. There are two (2) bones that appear as round yellow shapes. There is a smaller, circular bone positioned near the top of the cross section and a more irregularly shaped round bone slightly below it ...

Materials:

human tissue

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 1.75 in, Width: 2.75 in, Depth: 0.5 in

Credit

Gift of Loyola University Medical Center, 43.51.2.13

Display Status

On Exhibit

Male Wrist Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Wrist Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Wrist Body Slice Specimen

This is a body slice of the wrist of a male. In this slice, the two forearm bones, the radius and ulna, are visible. 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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