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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2024
This is such a great piece! The actual disc is flexible and does show the mechanics behind it, it is quite accurate, color and texture, plus it has a nice way to describe visual anatomy. Perfect gift for anyone on the medical field.
Sara Paxton
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2024
This is as advertised. It works great for education/demonstration regarding issues related to back discs. It appears to be durable.
Alexandra C
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
This is a well made anatomical model of 2 spinal vertebrae, complete with a disc between them and , with the dura and nerve roots represented. It is useful to demonstrate and understand a herniated or bulging disc can impinge a nerve, and can be used to demonstrate how a condition like spondylolisthesis affects the discs and nerves. It's larger than life size (apparently 1.5x, but it looks bigger than that to me), and a great representation of the anatomy of the lumbar vertebrae. Great for teaching purposes, medical people and anatomy geeks will love it.
J W Donley
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
this was great to have to understand anatomy for a family member's surgery
Jerry
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2024
I'm a doctor of Physical Therapy and love visual aids to explain things to patients. This does a decent job explaining a bulged disc (aka slipped disc or herniated disc) but it's not the most anatomically correct model, but for the price - it gets 4 stars.
A Square
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
First, I love *all* anatomical models. It's much easier to explain health problems with things, or at least diagrams, than with words.This is a pretty good representation of 2 vertebrae with a squishable disc, spinal cord, and spinal nerves. The disc is flattish until you squeeze, allowing you to explain both normal anatomy and any kind of deformation - scoliosis, impingement, disc degeneration. You can also torque it about to demonstrate anteriolisthesis.
Viner
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024
A family member injured their back, so I ordered this to have something for them to fidget with. I don't know if the scale is accurate. It feels very large.Cleverly, it is designed that at rest the red disc is roughly even between the two white vertebrae, but as one applies pressure the red disc suddenly bulges out and touches the yellow spinal column, right where one of the yellow nerve stubs splits from the column. The disc impinges nerves only on the left side.Both the red disc and yellow spinal column seem to be molded from some sort of soft rubbery material that is translucent. It might be silicone or some other elastomer. The vertebrae appear to be hard plastic.The spinal column is not a solid piece, but is molded in a sort of C shape as seen from above. So it is sort of a hollow tube, with a small gap the length of the column. The nerve stubs are really short, about 1 cm, and they unrealistically narrow to points. I think it would make a better teaching model if the nerve stubs were a couple of cm longer, and they should end about the same size as they start.The model cannot displace the red disc, so it cannot show that particular injury, nor does it permit the red disc to bulge on the right side. I would have expected the disc to be rotatable so that it could show either injury, but it seems to be anchored in place with heavy threads.A great gift for anybody considering lower back surgery, either becoming a doctor or becoming a patient!
Johnny Romero
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2024
Adecuada representación, adecuada para explicar a pacientes
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