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  • Nervous system after Vieussens (fig. 1); brain and spinal cord after Eustachius (fig. 2) Engraving by Defehrt, 1762.
  • Embryonic nerves growing into the developing limb
  • Sciatic nerve fibres
  • Neuromuscular junctions in fast-twitch muscle fibres
  • Neuromuscular junction in fast-twitch muscle
  • Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
  • Folded cortex, decalcomania
  • Neuromuscular junction in fast-twitch muscle
  • Embryonic nerves growing into the developing limb
  • Neuromuscular junction showing the association of the nerves and the muscle fibres. This image is taken from a Drosophila larva and shows the neuromuscular junctions stained with green fluorescence protein (GFP) in association with the muscle fibres in red. The muscle is stained with an antibody which provides the red colour and also shows the striated pattern of the contractile filaments (sarcomers) of the muscle.
  • Nerves: four figures, showing front and back views of an écorché, and details of nerves in the arm liable to injury in bleeding. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.
  • Dissected trunk, seen from the front, showing cutaneous and muscular nerves. Lithograph by N.H. Jacob, 1831/1854.
  • Torso of a woman: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.
  • Spinal column, femur, joints, and nerves. Engraving, 18th century.
  • Dog hindlimb, medial (inner) view
  • Nervous system after Vieussens (fig. 1); brain and spinal cord after Eustachius (fig. 2) Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches(Table VI, fig. 1); the trunks of the vena porta (Table VI, fig. 2), both after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645; the brain, nerves and spine, after Eustachius, by 1552 (Table VII) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • Myelinated nerve fibres
  • Schwann cell myelinating axons