Replica Luxury Demonstration Skull, 14-piece

This 14-part skull model is a cast of a real human skull specimen and shows all anatomical structures in the highest level of detail. It was developed for students of anatomy, medicine, surgery, ENT medicine, ophthalmology and dentistry. The skull is complexly cut and assembled with metal and magnetic connections.

The skull roof is opened and removable but leaves the temporal bones and their sutures untouched. Bony impressions of the sinus sagitalis, the sinus transversus and the sinus sigmoideus as well as the meningeal vessels are painted. The skull base is cut sagittally in such a way that the cut on one side runs through a cribriform plate and another cut on the same level through the other cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone, which leaves the christa galli and the lamina perpendicularis as well as the entire nasal septum intact. The structures of the anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa are easily accessible. The nasal cavity, the nasal concha, the septum as well as the bony pharyngeal cavity and nasopharynx can be seen directly. The nasal septum can be removed from the surrounding bony structures. The frontal sinuses are prepared as a whole on one side and opened on the other side so that they are fully accessible. The relationship of this sinus to the nasal cavity is clearly visible, which is particularly valuable for ENT physicians.

On one side of the skull, the temporal bone was left in situ. The other temporal bone is removable from the skull. Part of the mastoid process and the temporal bone scale together with the mastoid antrum can be removed and offer a clear view of the inner ear. All three semicircular canals are visible together with the course of the facial nerve, which runs backwards and then downwards and finally passes through the stylomastoid foramen. The removable temporal bone shows a complete external auditory canal. An almost vertical section through the mastoid process and then further inwards along the petrosquamous fissura divides the temporal bone and the position of the eardrum can be seen. The carotid canal and the cochlea are opened and show the internal auditory canal and the course of the facial nerve can be seen. The oval window, the semicircular canals and the opening of the tympanic cavity can be seen.

The upper and lower jaws show the structures of the dentition, the roots, the bony edge of the alveolar process, and dental nerves and vessels. The maxillary sinus can be opened by removing a flap. The teeth of the right mandibular flap are halved, showing the internal structures of the teeth.