Paramecium

Comprise two detailed, descriptive, accurate and complete models combined in one and mounted on a common base. Provides the overall view of Paramecium, magnified about 1600x. The stand mounting of the model allows convenient viewing by a group of students, even at a distance. The model is sectioned longitudilly, the outer half can be detached to reveal macro-and micronuclei, a contractile vacuole, membranelles, myonemes, neuroneme network, food vacuoles, and formation of endo and ectoplasm. The second model, the pellicle enlarged 6,500x, facilitating an upclose view of trichocysts and ciliary bending action illustrating a metachrol wave. The pellicle is mounted directly on the base, while the paramecium is mounted on the stand with numbered Key Card.