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**''Triticeous'' is pronounced ''tri-tish´us''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous]. Accessed on: 15 September 2010.</ref> | **''Triticeous'' is pronounced ''tri-tish´us''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous]. Accessed on: 15 September 2010.</ref> | ||
==Entire | ==Entire thoraco-abdominal pluck== | ||
Process | ===Process=== | ||
#Place organ pluck with anterior aspect down. | #Place organ pluck with anterior aspect down. | ||
#Open aorta. | #Open aorta. | ||
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#Separate thorax and abdomen - by dissecting through pleural adhesions, cut through pericardium. | #Separate thorax and abdomen - by dissecting through pleural adhesions, cut through pericardium. | ||
===Common findings=== | |||
*Aorta = atheroscerlosis. | *Aorta = atheroscerlosis. | ||
===Things to think about=== | |||
*Renal arteries = atherosclerosis (old), fibromuscular dysplasia (young). | *Renal arteries = atherosclerosis (old), fibromuscular dysplasia (young). | ||
*Renal veins = [[renal cell carcinoma]]. | *Renal veins = [[renal cell carcinoma]]. | ||
==Thoracic pluck== | |||
===Heart=== | |||
*Dissection - see ''[[Heart]]'' article. | |||
*Conducting system - see ''[[Heart]]'' article. | |||
===Respiratory system=== | |||
#Open trachea + bronchus (see ''Note''). | |||
#Examine proximal airway. | |||
#Examine proximal pulmonary arteries. | |||
#*May be done from intralobular fissures<ref>Ali-Ridha, HN. 8 October 2010.</ref>. | |||
#**The large arteries of the right lung is found deep to oblique fissure.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto156>{{Ref HospAuto|156}}</ref> | |||
Note: | |||
*If the lungs are to be inflated the bronchi should be left long. | |||
====Common findings==== | |||
{{Main|Lung}} | |||
*Plural adhesions. | |||
*Plural effusions. | |||
*Edema - fluid comes-out when you squeeze 'em, "heavy" (large mass). | |||
*Emphysematous change (usu. upper lung zone predominant) +/- black pigment (anthracosis). | |||
*Consolidation - best appreciated by running a finger over the cut surface of the lung with a small-to-moderate amount of pressure. | |||
==Abdominal organ pluck== | ==Abdominal organ pluck== | ||