Gallery: Get Lost in These Amazing Biomedical Images

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    Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College
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    Goat reticulum (stomach chamber).
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    Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College
    02

    A0001337 Pregnant uterus, equine

    Uterus of a pregnant horse.
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    N. Dieckmann & N. Lawrence, University of Cambridge
    03

    B0009465 Natural killer (NK) cell immune synapse,

    3D simulation of a natural killer (NK) cell's immune synapse.
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    Dave Farnham
    04

    B0009486 Lungs in ribcage, Hodgkin lymphoma patien

    3D-printed nylon replica of the ribcage and lungs found in a Hodgkin's lymphoma patient.
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    Maurizio De Angelis
    05

    B0009492 Pollen grains, Asteraceae, Artwork

    Pollen grains from a sunflower.
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    Daniel Kariko
    06

    B0009683 Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis), SEM and

    Boll weevil composite of scanning electron and light micrographs.
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    David Linstead
    07

    B0009732 Cat tongue, cross section

    Cross section of a cat's tongue.
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    Sophie Regnault
    08

    B0009775 Tuatara skeleton, micro-CT

    Micro–computed tomography of a tuatara skeleton.
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    Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, Geschwind Laboratory, UCLA
    09

    B0009777 Mouse brain, coronal view

    Mouse brain, coronal view.
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    M. Hausser, Sarah Rieubland & Arnd Roth, University College London
    10

    B0009778 Purkinje cell and dendritic tree, rat cer

    Purkinje cell and dendritic tree from a rat cerebellar cortex, viewed through a SEM.
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    Jefferson R. Brown, Robert E. Marc, Bryan W. Jones, Glen Prusky & Nazia Alam
    11

    B0009798 Distribution of metabolites in a mouse ki

    Metabolites in a mouse kidney.
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    Khuloud T. Al-Jamal, Serene Tay & Michael Cicirko
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    B0009801 Brain astrocyte cell taking up carbon nan

    Scanning electron micrograph of a brain astrocyte cell taking up carbon nano-needles.
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    Andrew Polaszek, Natural History Museum
    13

    B0009829 Parasitoid wasp Wallaceaphytis kikiae, LM

    Parasitoid wasp (Wallaceaphytis kikiae).
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    Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
    14

    B0009857 Greenfly eye, SEM

    Scanning electron micrograph of a greenfly eye
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    Albert Cardona, HHMI Janelia Research Campus
    15

    B0009902 Nervous system in a fruit fly larva, seri

    Nervous system in a fruit fly larva, serial section (from a transmission electron micrograph).
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    Flavio Dell'Acqua
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    B0009904 Healthy adult human brain, tractography f

    Healthy adult human brain; tractography from an MRI.
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    Gregory Szeto, Adelaide Tovar, Jeffrey Wyckoff, Koch Institute; copyright MIT
    17

    B0009944 Drug-releasing depots in mouse lungs

    Drug-releasing depots in mouse lungs.
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    Mark Bartley, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    18

    N0036932 An elderly lady with Kyphosis (curvature

    An elderly lady with Kyphosis (curvature of the spine).
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    Geraldine Thompson, Central Manchester University Hospitals
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    N0037033 Full paediatric sensory unit

    Full paediatric sensory unit.
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    Anthony Edwards
    20

    N0037041 Old model used in the teaching of Anatomy

    Old model used in the teaching of anatomy in Dublin.
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