Scientific Illustration

rcaauwe:

I drew this pretty kidney in two days. :o

The kidneys and urinary system

moshita:

Alexandra Baker

cathryn-virginia:

One of a series from my foray into scientific illustration. The kidney of a pig.

(via cathrynvirginia)

fuckyeahmedicaldiagrams:

Spine/Back by Katherine Du Tiel, part of the inside/outside series.

Artist statement about the series: 

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cryptobranchus:

Dissection of the posterior body cavity, showing the kidney in situ. Both the dissection and the drawing were done in 2010

vanessadudley:

nephrectomy

(via anaestheticroom)

robotlizz:

Anatomy (Taken with instagram)

(via fuckyeahmedicaldiagrams)

biomedicalephemera:

Splanchnographie

General anatomy of the abdominothoracic region and its organs, including the female generative organs.

Anatomie Methodique, ou, Organographie Humaine. Jean-Baptiste Sarlandière, 1829.

biomedicalephemera:

Blood vessels and surrounding structures of the kidney

Non-pathological veins and arterial vessels. The yellow structure coming off the kidney is the ureter.

The renal artery delivers blood to the kidneys, where it’s filtered and has the water-soluble impurities removed. The renal vein returns the filtered blood to the heart, and the waste products are transported to the bladder via the ureter.

A Textbook of Genito-Urinary Diseases. Translated by Charles W. Bonney. Dr. Leopold Casper, 1912.