Science Art: Relative Position of Observer and Observed in Direct Ophthalmoscopy, Arthur W. Head, 1917.
You gotta get right up in there if you really want to see what’s going on in those eyes. This is an illustration from a […]
anatomy
Science Art: Diagram illustrating the inherent conspicuousness of an eye-spot…, Cott, 1942.
An illustration showing how noticeable an eye actually is, from the text The Vertebrate Eye and Its Adaptive Radiation, which looks at eyes, eyes everywhere, […]
Science Art: Schematic Drawing Showing (Left) Normal Origin and Distribution of the Coronary Arteries…, 1943.
This diagram came from an article called “Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery” by John C. Ruddock, a Naval Reserve Medical Corps commander, and Charles […]
Science Art: Dlx3 deletion in osteoblast progenitors induce increased trabecular bone formation, 2015.
This is a picture of bones, the mineral density of bones, giving us a hint of their interior structures. From the NIH Image Gallery description: […]
Science Art: Transverse section through the region of Clarke’s column of the thoracic cord of a new-born dog, 1906
This is an image of nerves, the nerves of a dog, a new-born dog. “Clarke’s column” is also called the posterior thoracic nucleus, a part […]
Science Art: Diagram to Show the Destination of the Arterial Arches in Man and Mammals. (Modified from Rathke. )
Click to embiggen This is an anatomical drawing of the blood vessels around the heart, but it’s odd to me how much it looks like […]
Science Art: Leavitt Bulldog body diagram, 2013
As most folks know, today’s English bulldog is an animal that has been, as they say, “overbred.” They have beautiful temperaments as a rule, and […]
Science Art: A section through the cochlea in the line of its axis, 1910.
Click to embiggen An inner ear, dear, from The human body; an account of its structure and activities and the conditions of its healthy working, […]
Science Art: Structures of Brain (Взаиморасположение структур мозга – зрительный анализатор), by Coxer
Click to embiggen A brain with its structures, including the eyes and the olfactory bulb, labeled in Russian. The thinking part. Found on Wikimedia Commons.
SONG: Cluster Anatomy
SONG: “Cluster Anatomy”. (I made an .ogg version, too.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Science News, 2 June 2020, “A new 3-D map illuminates the ‘little brain’ […]
Science Art: The normal conduction system of the heart, by Rob Kreuger.
Just looking at heart pictures. No reason. Nice when they work right. Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Science Art: From Theosophia Practica, by Johann Georg Gichtel, 1696
Click to embiggen A secret body around our visible body, from the 1600s. A subtle anatomy. Planetary correspondences. This is where we get the idea […]
Science Art: Heart normal parasternal long axis echocardiography view by Patrick J. Lynch
Click to embiggen This is an image of an image of the heart – or at least an image of heart imaging. An echocardiogram done […]
Your tongue can smell.
Science Daily reveals the existence of olfactory receptors – the nerves that give us a sense of smell – located on our tongues: “Our research […]
Science Art: Ossicula Organi Auditus Diversorium Animalium (Aural-Organ Bones of Diverse Animals), by Athanasius Kircher
A close-up of the tiny ear-bones of a few kinds of animals, including human beings. This is a detail of a page from Musurgia Universalis, […]