Trocar
notes: label: Description
content: A trocar is used to withdraw fluid from a body cavity. This example has a black wood handle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.321697.20
label: catalog number
content: 321697.20
label: accession number
content: 321697
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trocar
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (trocar material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (cannula material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 in; 19.685 cm x 3.81 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 19.685 cm x 3.4925 cm