TissueDB/Materials/Sand

Sand is a granular material used in medical simulation as ballast to stabilise simulators and provide realistic mass distribution. Not used to simulate specific tissues.

Tissues

Tissue	Visual	Tactile	Simulator	Notes
Soft Tissue				Sand-filled pouches provide weight in organ phantoms. Does not simulate tissue texture.
Bone Marrow			Orthoplastic Reconstruction Simulator	Mixed with vegetable oil and packed tightly inside plastic pipe segments to simulate bone medulla for external fixator placement training.^[1]

References

↑ AmoSmile team. Physical Simulator, Orthoplastic Reconstruction training module, Global Surgical Training Challenge. Orthoplastic reconstruction/Physical Simulator on Appropedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not indexed in PubMed; primary source linked directly.

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[ortho-1] AmoSmile team. Physical Simulator, Orthoplastic Reconstruction training module, Global Surgical Training Challenge. Orthoplastic reconstruction/Physical Simulator on Appropedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not indexed in PubMed; primary source linked directly.

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