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TAKE A LOOK AT THE INSIDE OF YOUR BODY!

15 AMAZING PICTURES

-  captured using a scanning electron microscope

Incredible details of 1 to 5nm (nanometer) in size can be detected

1. Red Blood Cells
They look like little cinnamon candies here, but they're actually the most
common type of blood cell in the human body - red blood cells (RBCs). These biconcave-shaped cells have the tall task of carrying oxygen to our entire
body;  in women  there are
about  4 to 5 million RBCs per micro liter (cubic millimeter)  of blood
and about   5 to 6 million in men. People who live at higher altitudes
have even more RBCs because of the low oxygen levels in their environment.  


2. Split End of Human Hair
Regular trimmings to your hair and using high quality natural hair products
from

 The Victorian Garden should help to prevent this unsightly picture of a split
end of a human hair.  


3. Purkinje Neurons
Of the  100 billion neurons  in your brain. Purkinje (pronounced purr-kin-jee) neurons
are some of the largest. Among other things, these cells are the masters
of motor coordination in the cerebellar cortex. Toxic exposure such as
alcohol and lithium, autoimmune diseases, genetic mutations including
autism and neurodegenerative
diseases can negatively affect human Purkinje cells.  


4. Hair Cell in the Ear
Here's what it looks like to see a close-up of human hair cell stereo cilia
inside the ear.
These detect mechanical movement in response to sound vibrations.


5. Blood Vessels Emerging from the Optic Nerve
In this image, stained retinal blood vessels are shown to emerge from the
black-colored optic disc. The optic disc is a blind spot because no light receptor
cells are present in this area of the retina where the optic nerve and retinal
blood vessels leave the back of the eye.


6. Tongue with Taste Bud
This colour-enhanced image depicts a taste bud on the tongue. The human
tongue has about  10,000 taste buds  that are involved with detecting
salty, sour, bitter, sweet and savory taste perceptions.


7. Tooth Plaque
Brush your teeth often because this is what the surface of a tooth with a
form of plaque looks like.


8. Blood Clot
Remember that picture of the nice, uniform shapes of red blood cells you just
looked at? Well, here's what it looks like when those same cells get caught
up in the sticky web of a blood clot. The cell in the middle is a white blood cell.


9. Alveoli in the Lung
This is what a colour-enhanced image of the inner surface of your lung
looks like. The hollow cavities are alveoli; this is where gas exchange occurs
with the blood.


10. Lung Cancer Cells
This image of warped lung cancer cells is in stark contrast to the healthy lung
in the previous picture.


11. Villi of Small Intestine
Villi in the small intestine increase the surface area of the gut, which helps
in the absorption of food. Look closely and you will see some food stuck
in one of the crevices.


12. Human Egg with Coronal Cells
This image is of a purple, colour-enhanced human egg sitting on a pin.
The egg is coated with the zona pellicuda, a glycoprotein that protects the
egg but also helps to trap and bind sperm. Two coronal cells are attached
to the zona pellicuda.


13. Sperm on the Surface of a Human Egg

Here's a close-up of a number of sperm trying to fertilize an egg.


14. Human Embryo and Sperm
It looks like the world at war, but it is actually five days after the fertilisation
of an egg, with some remaining sperm cells still sticking around. This
fluorescent image was captured using a confocal microscope.
The embryo and sperm cell nuclei are stained purple while sperm tails
are green. The blue areas are gap junctions, which form connections
between the cells.


15. Colored Image of a 6 day old Human Embryo Implanting itself
onto the wall of the womb

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