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
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    B0009683 Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis), SEM and

    Boll weevil composite of scanning electron and light micrographs.
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    David Linstead
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    B0009732 Cat tongue, cross section

    Cross section of a cat's tongue.
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    Sophie Regnault
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    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
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    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
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    B0009857 Greenfly eye, SEM

    Scanning electron micrograph of a greenfly eye
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