TissueDB/Materials/Sausage
Sausage is a low-cost, widely available processed-meat product with a soft, tubular form and a colour resembling exposed bowel. In medical simulation those properties let it stand in for intestinal loops (bowel) as protruding viscera (Medeiros et al., BMC Medical Education 2023). Being perishable, sausage-based models are effectively single-use.
Tissues
| Tissue | Visual | Tactile | Simulator | Notes |
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| Bowel | - | - | Abdominal Wall Defect Simulator (Medeiros) |
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| Cite as | Arturopelayo (2026). "TissueDB/Materials/Sausage". Appropedia. Retrieved July 15, 2026. |