Lacerated hand

Object numberGC.3522
TitleLacerated hand
DescriptionA left hand, with the distal part of the forearm, showing laceration.
From an adult male whose hand was caught by machinery in motion.
The tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus muscle are the only structures which keep attached the lacerated fragments of the hand, of which the fingers and thumb have been destroyed.
Object nameHAND
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Height: 33 cm
Diameter: 9 cm