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Med student playing with his tumblr. A place for me to polish the rocks in my head... no wait, i mean kidneys.
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10-12% of the brain is composed of lipids.
Gray’s Anatomy 2.0 of the Day: A demo of Google’s new “Body Browser”: A WebGL app that allows the user to explore the human body Google Earth-style.
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Dermal Fillers as Foot Pads: Comparative Morphology
Women who do not want to give up high heels may now opt for the off label use of dermal fillers to help pad their feet to avoid metatarsalgia or Calcane/algia. Ironically, today’s latest socially mediated augmentation for women seeking beauty takes a cue from the evolution of the African Elephant. Elephant’s feet contain large deposits of fibrous and adipose tissue in their foot compartments to support their massive weight. For more on the potential detriments from chronic high heel wear, click the picture above.
A cross-section of muscle tissue, surrounded by the extracellular tissue that acts as the connective tissue. Each muscle fiber is joined together by the connective tissue to make up the complete muscle. Myasthenia gravis is an neuromuscular disease caused by a faulty relationship between the muscle and motor neuron end plate.
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL, Beauty in Science
It’s the most complex system in the human body and to study it, scientists use a substance that makes the nerve fluoresce in a scan. The researchers then take pictures of the nerves in action.
