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  • biomedicalephemera: Life Cycle of Liver Fluke The life cycle of the fluke that causes schistosomiasis has a very similar life cycle, except where the liver fluke enters and matures within the sheep liver, the schistosome enters the human skin, and matures within the mesenteric veins, though they can easily move between tissues and locations. Animal Parasites and Human Disease. Asa C. Chandler, 1918.

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    Life Cycle of Liver Fluke

    The life cycle of the fluke that causes schistosomiasis has a very similar life cycle, except where the liver fluke enters and matures within the sheep liver, the schistosome enters the human skin, and matures within the mesenteric veins, though they can easily move between tissues and locations.

    Animal Parasites and Human Disease. Asa C. Chandler, 1918.

    Tagged: life cycle snail gastropod parasite natural history 1900s schistosomiasis liver fluke tropical diseases anatomy developmental biology Asa C. Chandler 1918

    Posted on September 28, 2011 via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils with 32 notes

  • biomedicalephemera: Top-down view of lungs and surrounding anatomy.

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    Top-down view of lungs and surrounding anatomy.

    Tagged: diseases lungs bronchi pleura breathing 1900s 1902 dissection illustration medical blood vessels trachea

    Posted on September 1, 2011 via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils with 114 notes

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