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a Very Large‐sized Enlarged Anatomical Model of Human Ear in Plaster (first middle of the 20th century)
Author(s) -
LE FLOCHPRIGENT PATRICE P,
FROMANGER MARINE,
GILLOT JEANBERNARD
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.1040.3
Subject(s) - anatomy , middle ear , auricle , cochlea , temporal bone , eustachian tube , internal auditory meatus , internal carotid artery , ossicles , inner ear , medicine , facial nerve , surgery
A very large, anatomical model of human ear represented the temporal bones with the tympanic membrane and the three ear ossicles in the middle ear. It was 38 cm long, 31 cm large, 28,5 cm high. There was no basis. The roof of the petrous part of the temporal bone was removable, the representation of the cross‐sections looked like spongious as red‐spotted. The corda tympani and the internal ear content were missing. The endo‐cranial part of the cochlea‐vestibular nerve (VIII CN) was represented in the internal acoustical meatus and colored in yellow. The internal carotid artery was represented in its intra‐cranial part and also the proximal part of the Eustachian tube. Numerous numbers and letters corresponded to legends of which the text was unknown. A well drawn auricle was present. This sample in plaster was very similar but still larger to an enlarged model which also belonged to the Brieux‐Gillot Scientific Library in Paris (France) on january 2015 (see poster #4546, EB‐2016). Their craftsman was identical probably german in the first part of the 20th century.