Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/1469
Scientific nameCygnus olor
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
Object namebeak, Tongue, Larynx, Organs of Taste, Mounted wet bone and tissue
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 date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue and bone mounted in a rectangular perspex container.
Materialperspex
Cygnus olor
Dimensions
whole height: 237 mm
whole width: 81 mm
whole depth: 57 mm
whole weight: 1226 g
whole width: 81 mm
whole depth: 57 mm
whole weight: 1226 g
Bibliography
SourceDobson 1970-71
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.
