Veterinary Alternatives for Education and Training

Preserved anatomical specimensIn the department of anatomy and embryology, Faculty of Vet. Med., Cairo Univer-sity, I modified the plastination technique used world wide. My new technique is much cheaper. The produced specimens are durable, and more flexible than the plastinated ones, that it could be dissected after preservation. The images above show some of the developed specimens.

Dr. Fawzy Elnady

Prof. of anatomy and embryology.

felnady@staff.cu.edu.eg

Mobile: 002 01005039996

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Sagittal section of the brain of a horse• Part of the dura

mater and its folds; falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli.

• Brain ventricles, cerebrum, cere-bellum and brain stem

Thoracic and ab-dominal viscera of a cat • Heart, pericardi-um, lungs and liga-ments are clear.• The diaphragm, liver, greater omen-tum covering the intestine.

The cat demon-strates the normal view that a student or practitioner see on opening the cat.• The abdominal wall is reflected. • The viscera could be manipulated to view the other structures as female urogenital system.

Forelimb of a don-key• Muscles of the lateral aspect are dissected.• The flexor and ex-tensor tendons are demonstrated.• The joints are flex-ible and could be flexed and extend-ed.

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Stomach of a horse (opened)• The preserved specimens are flexible, and could be dissected to show interior structures. Here the stomach of horse is opened to show glandular and non-glandular regions with the margo plica-tus in between.

• The gastrophilus equi larvae are present and pre-served as well.

Kidney of a buffalo• The fibrous capsule is reflect-ed.• Notice the fissured appear-ance of the surface.• Sections in the kidney could

be made to demonstrate interior anatomical struc-tures.

Brainstem of the horse• Medullar oblongata, pons and mid brain are clear.• Notice the optic chiasma• Other details could be

showin in the specimen like the medullary pyra-mids and trapexoid body, and the itnercrural fossa ..... etc.

Eye of the horse • Cross section in the eyeball of a horse. the sclera, choroid, pupil and other structures are obvious.

Goat fetus• The left forelimb and the ribs are cut and thoracic and abdomial viscera are demonstrated.

Goodbye .......Goodbye to Formalin

Corium of the hoof.• Solar and frog corium.• The fuzzy papillae easily seen in the specimen.• The sensitive lamellae are shown in the lateral view.