Science Art: Eye orbit anatomy anterior 2, by Patrick Lynch.

23 February 2026 grant Featured, Science Art 0

Scientific illustration of a human eye, a blue eye looking out from a yellow skull, the pink muscles attaching it to the optic arch of the eye socket.
Medical Illustrations by Patrick Lynch, generated for multimedia teaching projects by the Yale University School of Medicine, Center for Advanced Instructional Media, 1987-2000.
Scientific illustration of a human eye, a blue eye looking out from a yellow skull, the pink muscles attaching it to the optic arch of the eye socket.

Unblinking, the lidless eye gazes out from its skull, unseeing.

I found this anatomical image while browsing through the “Featured Images” collection on Wikimedia Commons. I don’t know anything about medical illustrator Patrick J. Lynch, but I guess from now on … I’ll be keeping an eye out for him?