RCSHC/1469 - beak, Tongue, Larynx, Organs of Taste, Mounted wet bone and tissue
- Object numberRCSHC/1469
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- DescriptionThe lower beak and jaw of a swan, including the tongue and larynx. The tongue is a large organ, almost filling the intermandibular space. There are spines on the base of the tongue and the hinder part of the laryngeal eminence.
- Production date1760 - 1793
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- presented
Physical Location
- LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
- Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue and bone mounted in a rectangular perspex container.
- Material
- Inscription contentCygnus olor
- Dimensions
- height: whole 237 mm
- width: whole 81 mm
- depth: whole 57 mm
- weight: whole 1226 g
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- Transcript1469: The lower jaw of a Swan (Cygnus olor) with the tongue and larynx in position. The tongue corresponds in form and nearly in size with the intermandibular space. It is a thick fleshy organ with a broad spatulate and slightly concave extremity and is beset in its mid-region by four rows of blunt conical processes. The base of the tongue is also armed with retroverted spines arranged in a chevron figure. Similar spines occur upon the hinder part of the laryngeal eminence.
