TissueDB/Tissues/Brain

Lateral view of the brain showing the cerebrum with its sulci and gyri, the cerebellum, and the brainstem continuing into the spinal cord.

Brain is the central organ of the nervous system, contained within the cranium and surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid and meningeal layers.

Materials

Material	Visual	Tactile	Simulator	Notes
Grapefruit	-	-	Grapefruit Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Bypass Simulator	Grapefruit flesh, rind/pith and inner skin stand in for the cerebral cortex, skin and arachnoid/pia mater (Cikla et al. 2020).
Castable silicone	-	-	STA-MCA Bypass Trainer (Akdag)	Silicone cast in a 3D-printed hemispheric mould as the left-hemisphere cerebral parenchyma the surgeon must avoid damaging (Akdag et al. 2024).

• Blood Vessel — cerebral vasculature