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My Human Heart

world-shaker:

expose-the-light:

Ingredients of life

Illustrations of Chemical compounds by Rex

I love all of these.

Sidenote: I find it really interesting that happiness appears to have the simplest chemical structure, while love is the most complex.

(via praesens)

(via notepaper)

Vitamins needed for…

humananatomyfacts:

*Note list is not comprehensive, there’s like a ton more vitamins needed for each of these functions.

Bone Formation:

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin D

Blood Clotting:

  • Vitamin K
  • Calcium

Blood Cell Formation/ Function:

  • Vitamin E
  • Folic Acid

Healthy Hair/Skin:

  • Biotin
  • Zinc

Heart Function:

  • Potassium
  • Magnesium

Muscle Function:

  • Sodium
  • Vitamin E 



fyeahanatomy:

Photos by Jasper Rooms

German artist Klaus Weber, has what looks like a fantastic exhibition, called If you leave me I’m not coming, going on through January 9th at the Nottingham Contemporary.  The exhibition, according to Nottingham Contemporary, takes on the natural world and our changing view of what is natural.

I can’t really tell from the photo, but I’m assuming the brain is cauliflower.

(Via: streetanatomy)

(via humananatomyfacts)

The right lung is divided into three lobes or parts: superior, middle, and inferior.

humananatomyfacts:

The left lung, which is smaller to accommodate the heart, is divided into two lobes: superior and inferior. 

psychofactz:

Biology nerds know that these mutations often occur in the womb. In this case, the OCA2 gene, which is also involved in the production of melanin, is disrupted to make the eyes blue rather than brown.

psychofactz:

Biology nerds know that these mutations often occur in the womb. In this case, the OCA2 gene, which is also involved in the production of melanin, is disrupted to make the eyes blue rather than brown.

dr-zaman:

Lobes of the brain.
The frontal and parietal lobes are separated by the central sulcus. The occipital and parietal lobes are separated by an arbitrary lines known as the parieto-occipital sulcus. The temporal lobe is ventral to the lateral fissue.

dr-zaman:

Lobes of the brain.

The frontal and parietal lobes are separated by the central sulcus. The occipital and parietal lobes are separated by an arbitrary lines known as the parieto-occipital sulcus. The temporal lobe is ventral to the lateral fissue.

(via humananatomyfacts)

usagov:

Image description: This photo of red blood cells was taken with a scanning electron micrograph.
Image courtesy of the Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is part of a research project funded by a National Science Foundation grant to study quantitative phase imaging of cells and tissues.

usagov:

Image description: This photo of red blood cells was taken with a scanning electron micrograph.

Image courtesy of the Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is part of a research project funded by a National Science Foundation grant to study quantitative phase imaging of cells and tissues.

(Source: christinaman)