TissueDB/Tissues/Lung
The lung is a spongy, air-filled respiratory organ located in the thoracic cavity. Each lung has a distinctive pink-grey colour and soft, compressible texture with a smooth pleural surface.
Materials
| Material | Visual | Tactile | Simulator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polyurethane Foam (substrate) plus liquid plastisol (Bait Plastics LLC) coating over pink-coloured gauze wrap | Emergency Department Thoracotomy Simulator (Misra) | Soft packing-foam block (16 in × 10 in × 4 in / 40.6 cm × 25.4 cm × 10.2 cm) handcrafted into lung shape, wrapped in pink gauze, then coated with medium-density liquid plastisol. Single left lung only, consistent with the anterolateral left thoracotomy approach.[1] | ||
| Laerdal airway management trainer lungs (proprietary; removed during build phase 1 and replaced in build phase 5) | SALAD Simulator (Kumar) | Manikin lungs are removed during build phase 1 to provide access to the stomach for tube insertion, then replaced in build phase 5 to restore the trainer's standard airway management configuration.[2] | ||
| Iron-wire-plus-paper-mache scaffold (no tactile fidelity) | Yes | No | Bronchoscopy Anatomical Trainer (Di Domenico) | Right middle lobe (segments 4, 5), right lower lobe (segments 6 to 10), and left upper / left lower lobes (with segment 6) are anatomically referenced in the model's Figure 2 endoscopic-view correspondence panels. Source: Di Domenico S, Simonassi C, Chessa L. Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2007;6(4):567–569. PMID 17669940. |
| Balloon (punching balloons) | Chest Tube Simulator (Brannan) | Two punching-balloon "lungs" form the inflatable air cavity; create the pneumothorax analogue the trainee decompresses during tube thoracostomy.[3] |
- Blood Vessel — pulmonary vessels
- Connective Tissue — pleural covering
References
[edit source]- ↑ Misra A et al. 2024 J Surg Educ 81(1):134–144. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.09.009. PMID: 37926660.
- ↑ Kumar R, Kumar R 2024 Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 28(7):702–705. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24760. PMID: 38994267.
- ↑ Brannan V, Dunne CL, Dubrowski A, Parsons MH (2021). "Development of a novel 3D-printed multifunctional thorax model simulator for the simulation-based training of tube thoracostomy." CJEM 23:547–550. DOI: 10.1007/s43678-021-00102-1. PMID: 33783760.
At a Glance
Overview
[edit source]Synonyms
[edit source]Pulmonary tissue, lung tissue, lung parenchyma
Anatomical terms: Pulmo
Regional terms: Poumon (FR), Pulmón (ES), Lunge (DE), Polmone (IT), Long (NL)
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| Cite as | Arturopelayo (2026). "TissueDB/Tissues/Lung". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |