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Neurons

Unipolar neuron: only one protoplasmic process (neurite) extends from the cell body

Bipolar neuron: neuron with two extensions (one axon and one dendrite) 

Bipolar cells are specialized sensory neurons for the transmission of special senses

Sensory systems: smell, sight, taste, hearing and vestibular functions

Multipolar neuron: a single axon and many dendrites (and dendritic branches), allowing for the integration of a great deal of information from other neuron

Common in the central nervous system

Pyramidal neuron: type of multipolar neuron 

Found in areas of the brain including the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus, and the amygdala

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This is a fetus in its embryonic stage encapsulated in gel. It is a medical specimen but its location is unknown. 

The specimen most likely comes from a medical museum like that of the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. 

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The Human Head

Ever wonder what your head would look like if it were cut in half?

Well, probably not like this. These are “average” heads. But we’ve all got some fun structures inside of us that are rarely considered by most people. Check out those beautiful conchae!

Atlas of Applied (Topographical) Human Anatomy. Dr. Karl von Bardeleben, Dr. Heinrich Haekel. Translated by J. Howell Evans, 1906.

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A frontal cross-section of a kneeling human male, black and white engraving

Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669

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Wax anatomical head with exposed brain

The layers of this wax anatomical model of a human head has been peeled back to reveal the underlying structure of the brain and the meninges (the protective covering of the brain). The model may have been used to teach medical students the anatomy of the brain or have been made for medical exhibitions open to the general public.

Credit: Science Museum, London

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Nervous Structure

Artist: Dr Alesha Sivartha

Date: 1898

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Lung - anatomy & histology, part of a series of Anatomical demostration cards, 1660

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Anatomical study of a skull and the jaw

Artist: Pieter van Gunst

Type: Etching Print

Date: 1685

Artwork in the public domain

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

Anatomical study of a skull and the jaw

Artist: Pieter van Gunst

Type: Etching Print

Date: 1685

Artwork in the public domain

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

Lung - anatomy & histology, part of a series of Anatomical demostration cards, 1660

[joannastawowy]

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

Nervous Structure

Artist: Dr Alesha Sivartha

Date: 1898

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

Wax anatomical head with exposed brain

The layers of this wax anatomical model of a human head has been peeled back to reveal the underlying structure of the brain and the meninges (the protective covering of the brain). The model may have been used to teach medical students the anatomy of the brain or have been made for medical exhibitions open to the general public.

Credit: Science Museum, London

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

A frontal cross-section of a kneeling human male, black and white engraving

Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669

[biomedicalephemera]

The Human Head

Ever wonder what your head would look like if it were cut in half?

Well, probably not like this. These are “average” heads. But we’ve all got some fun structures inside of us that are rarely considered by most people. Check out those beautiful conchae!

Atlas of Applied (Topographical) Human Anatomy. Dr. Karl von Bardeleben, Dr. Heinrich Haekel. Translated by J. Howell Evans, 1906.