Scientific Illustration

juliepasini:

Sketch of os coxa
Graphite

© Julianne Pasini 2011

(via ponyann)

alchymista:

The anterior and interior surfaces of the sphenoid bone, as illustrated by H.V. Carter for Gray’s Anatomy.

This is one of my absolute favorite Gray’s Anatomy illustrations. 

(via anaestheticroom)

laurnie:

little vole bones

Horse jaw and teeth by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Rural life described and illustrated, in the management of horses, dogs, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc. etc. :.
London ;London Printing and Pub. Co.[between 1868 and 1888].
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20715439

Podargus Humeralis by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41398923

Fig 1 Skull of a Male Salmon

Fig 2 Skull of a Male Brook Trout

by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

British and Irish Salmonidæ /.
London [etc.]Williams and Norgate,1887..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5615808

Ketupa javanensis now called Bubo ketupu by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41398929

A leopard seal skull (Hydrurga leptonyx)

Source

The Orca bone atlas is a fantastic resource for whale skeletal anatomy - you can view beautiful renderings of the skeleton and download 3d PDFs of all the bones that can then be rotated and viewed at any angle.

The 3d scans were done by the Idaho Virtualization Laboratory