Brain Dissection - Erler Zimmer 3D anatomy Series MP1102

This model is part of the exclusive Monash 3D anatomy series, a comprehensive series of human dissections reproduced with ultra-high resolution color 3D printing.

This 3D model is a median sagittal hemisection through an entire brain, preserving right-sided anatomy and deep brain structures and spaces visible in the midline. In lateral view, the right cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres are covered by the mater arachnoid.

In the midline view, the brain regions from the brain to the medulla are preserved.

In the center, the third ventricle is open, with an intact septum pellucidum positioned superiorly and obscuring the lateral ventricles within the cerebral hemisphere.

On the inferior margin of the third ventricle, both the right mammillary body and the right optic tract can be seen, and posteriorly, the cerebral aqueduct can be seen extending through the midbrain between the roof and the tegmentum toward the fourth ventricle (between the cerebellum and the pons).
A series of arterial branches have been falsely stained to contrast their path through the preserved brain structures. In the mediosagittal view, the anterior cerebral artery flows around the corpus callosum to supply the cingulate gyrus and other midline cortical regions.

The base of the middle cerebral artery can be seen passing deep between the temporal and frontal lobes, with the posterior communicating artery connecting it to a small remnant of the posterior cerebral artery. Adjacent to the posterior brain is the superior cerebellar artery, which extends laterally to pass between the temporal lobe and cerebellum before passing deep into the transverse fissure.

What advantages does the Monash University anatomical dissection collection offer over plastic models or plastinated human specimens?

? Each body replica is carefully created from selected radiographic data of the patient or from
human cadaver specimens selected by a highly trained team of anatomists at the Monash University Center for Human Anatomy Education to illustrate a range of clinically important areas of anatomy with a quality
and fidelity that cannot be achieved with conventional anatomical models-this is real anatomy, not stylized anatomy.
? Each body replica has been rigorously checked by a team of highly trained anatomists at the Center for Human Anatomy Education, Monash
University, to ensure the anatomical accuracy of the final product.
? The body replicas are not real human tissue and therefore not subject to any barriers of transportation, import, or use in educational facilities
that do not hold an anatomy license. The Monash 3D Anatomy dissection series avoids these and other ethical issues that are raised when dealing with plastinated human remains.