Natural Specimens and Anatomy

High-resolution images of natural specimens, like a cut-open shell, crab claw details, and dental decay, highlighting intricate anatomical features.

Closeup view of a crab's claw on a black background
Closeup view of a crab's claw on a black background
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Jaw, illustration
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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of marine pennate diatom frustule (Cymbella sp.). The genus Cymbella is an asymmetrical biraphid, pennate ...
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Shell, X-ray
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Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958. Motifus depicting torso photographed on infrared tank. The veins (veins) clearly appear. Door More info See: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Other revised edition. Nature and Culture. 1958-59. page 1070.
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Parasitic head louse clinging to a hair follicle.
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Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum) underside showing internal organs, native to South America
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Axis vertebrae, illustration
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Tooth decay on black background. Macro shot of a decayed teeth till root after extraction of dentist. Real tooth anatomy due lack of care. Top view of caries teeth texture on black paper. Dental care.
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Section of human cerebellum seen under a microscope.
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Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo convar. giromontiina), pollen leaf and pistil, America, Germany, Europe
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Chicken embryo. Light micrograph of a chicken (Gallus domesticus) embryo 36 hours after fertilisation.
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Asbestos with long fibers, silicate.
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scapula, also called shoulder blade, either of two large bones of the shoulder girdle in vertebrates. 3d illustration. scapula, also called shoulder blade, either of two large bones of the shoulder girdle in vertebrates
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Liver fluke, light micrograph
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A digital composite of mirrored images of an arrangement of pieces of cauliflower
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Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), cocoa bean
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Ammonoid, closeup of the fossil
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Farting; Ptolemean period (-332-00-00--30-00-00);The collection of ancient Egypt
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iss059e088038 (6/1/2019) --- Photo documentation taken of Micro Alagae Culture Bag 4 in Node 2 aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Microalgae Biosynthesis in Microgravity (MicroAlgae) studies the effects of microgravity on Haematococcus pluvialis, an algae capable of producing a powerful antioxidant, astaxanthin. It could provide a readily available dietary supplement to promote astronaut health on long-duration space exploration missions.
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A light in the sky appears to contort and change shape. Mysterious lights appear regularly over Hessdalen, Norway, and have never been explained. Date: 1983
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Scallop shell (Pecten maximus). From the Pectinidae family. Bivalve mollusk, lamellibranch, open mantle to feed on plankton by filtering water. It detects its surroundings using its sensory organs: its eyes and its tentacles.
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Two walnuts
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Elasmosaurus, illustration.
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Mercury's attributes
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Pyritized petrification, 150 million years old, Bavaria petrification, 150 million years old, Bavaria
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Longitudinal segment through the upper part of the forearm bone of a giraffe, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.
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Tooth decay on black background. Macro shot of a decayed teeth till root after extraction of dentist. Real tooth anatomy due lack of care. Top view of caries teeth texture on black paper. Dental care.
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Tapeworm, computer artwork. The tapeworm's scolex (head) attaches to the intestine of the host with the aid of the hooks and suckers seen here.
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Dissection of the ileum showing signs of cholera asiatica, with a detail below showing bacteria cells as seen under a microscope. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
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Culpepper Compound Microscope Slide, 18th Century. From microscope storage box 1965T5099.1.. Purchased from Edward H Pinto, 1965.
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Indian galangal, Alpinia calcarata, Brachychilum horsfeldi, is a rhizomatic perennial herb commonly used in the traditional medicinal systems of Asia. Alpinia calcarata is cultivated in tropical countries. The rhizomes of Alpinia calcarata have been experimentally shown to possess antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, aphrodisiac, gastroprotective and antidiabetic effects
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Description: BulletCaption: This Minié ball bullet wounded an unknown soldier. The bullet was extracted from a fractured, necrosed femur (femur with tissue death) by Assistant Surgeon Bennett Clements. This bullet is Spec 4411 in Plate LXXVIII Distorted Bullets” in the Medical and Surgical History of the War of Rebellion, Surgical Volume II, Part III,” page 710. This bullet is exhibited at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. [M-981.00251 (Disclosure: This image has been cropped to emphasize the subject.) (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Ian Herbst)
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Pictures 1 and 2 show samples of Bacillus Subtillus grown during the first performance of Robert Staehle's experiment (ED-31) aboard Skylab. Pictures 3 and 4 show colonies of the same bacteria that developed during the second performance of the experiment. The experiment ED-31 was proposed by Robert L. Staehle of Rochester, New York to determine the effect of the Skylab environment (particularly weightlessness) on the survival, growth rates, and mutations of certain bacteria and spores.
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Rafflesia (Rafflesia sp) flower, largest flower in the world showing central column, Ranau, Malaysia
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Fungi Paracoccidioides braziliensis, illustration
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Lumbar vertebrae, illustration
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Patella, illustration
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Balloon flower root (Radix platycodonis), freeze frame, object
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AE. Pantikapaion
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Engraved Gem. Unknown
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Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Dinoflagellate, Ceratium tripos. Date:
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Liver: sclerosing cholangitis
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Sea snakes 14" long. Blue back yellow underneath tail black & yellow spots, caught north near Port Stephens. February 19, 1946.
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Shells and molluscs of rapana venosa.
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Amazing ants carry fruit heavier than their bodies
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Diatom. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a Eupodiscus sculptus diatom. The diatoms are a group of photosynthetic, single_celled algae cont...
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Scientific illustration with details, vipera berus and grass snake, Natrix natrix, school picture, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1909, based on an original by Gottlieb von Koch, exact date unknown, historical
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Prometheus creating man
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Dwight D. Eisenhower. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Development of a new pair of leaves, Lithops fulviceps
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Anatomical Venus, 1700, Germany.