TissueDB/Tissues/Lung
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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 coating over gauze wrap | Emergency Department Thoracotomy Simulator (Misra) | Soft packing-foam block handcrafted into lung shape. Single left lung only, consistent with the anterolateral left thoracotomy approach.[1] | ||
| Manikin lungs (proprietary) | SALAD Simulator (Kumar) | Laerdal airway management trainer lungs.[2] | ||
| Iron-wire-plus-paper-mache scaffold (no tactile fidelity) | 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.[3] | ||
| 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.[4] | ||
| Purchased manikin | - | - | Neonatal Ventilation Simulator (Haynes) | NeoNatalie Live commercial manikin; simulates changing neonatal lung compliance via an internal valve for positive pressure ventilation training (Haynes 2021). |
- 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.
- ↑ Di Domenico S, Simonassi C, Chessa L. Inexpensive anatomical trainer for bronchoscopy. Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2007;6(4):567–569. DOI 10.1510/icvts.2007.153601. PMID 17669940.
- ↑ 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.
| Authors | Ian-laurel, Arturo Pelayo |
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| Cite as | Arturo Pelayo (2026). "TissueDB/Tissues/Lung". Appropedia. Retrieved November 10, 2026. |