{"id":137344,"key":"TissueDB/Tissues/Brain","title":"TissueDB/Tissues/Brain","latest":{"id":1270212,"timestamp":"2026-09-12T13:44:31Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{TissueDB Tissue Layout\n| lead_paragraph = '''Brain''' is the central organ of the nervous system, contained within the cranium and surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid and meningeal layers.\n| materials = <tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Materials/Grapefruit|Grapefruit]]</td>\n<td>-</td>\n<td>-</td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Grapefruit Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Bypass Simulator|Grapefruit Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Bypass Simulator]]</td>\n<td>Grapefruit flesh, rind/pith and inner skin stand in for the cerebral cortex, skin and arachnoid/pia mater in the Cikla et al. 2020 distal anterior cerebral artery side-to-side bypass model.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Materials/Silicone, Castable|Castable silicone]]</td>\n<td>-</td>\n<td>-</td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Trainer|STA-MCA Bypass Trainer (Akdag)]]</td>\n<td>Silicone cast in a 3D-printed hemispheric mould as the left-hemisphere cerebral parenchyma the surgeon must avoid damaging; three force-sensitive resistors fixed around the sylvian fissure provide an audible alert with each detected touch, regardless of pressure magnitude (Akdag et al. 2024). Silicone grade not specified in source.</td>\n</tr>\n| related_structures =\n* [[TissueDB/Tissues/Blood Vessel|Blood Vessel]] — cerebral vasculature\n| synonyms_text = Common names: Brain, Brain tissue, Neural tissue\n\nAnatomical terms: Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brainstem, Cerebral cortex, Gray matter, White matter, Meninges, Dura mater, Pia mater, Arachnoid\n\nClinical terms: Craniotomy, Ventriculostomy, Intracranial, Cerebral, Neural\n\nRegional terms: Cerveau (French), Cervello (Italian), Cerebro (Spanish), Gehirn (German), Hersenen (Dutch)\n| hero_image = Blausen 0115 BrainStructures.png\n| hero_image_caption = Lateral view of the brain showing the cerebrum with its sulci and gyri, the cerebellum, and the brainstem continuing into the spinal cord.\n}}\n\n{{Page data}}"}