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Torso: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Dog hindlimb, lateral (outer) view

Human figure, venous and nervous system, Persian, 18th C

Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork

Neuromuscular Junction from Drosophila

The nervous system. Engraving, 1686.

Cross-section of skull in profile view, showing the intercranial nerves and vessels. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1651.

Dissected pelvis and hindlimb, canine

Sciatic nerve fibres

Torso of a woman: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

The nervous system of the human body. Engraving by J. Wandelaar, 1726, after a woodcut, 1543.

Myographiae comparatae specimen, or, A comparative description of all the muscles in a man, and in a quadruped / By James Douglas.

Embryonic nerves growing into the developing limb

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Torso of a woman: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork

The nervous system of the human body. Engraving by J. Wandelaar, 1726, after a woodcut, 1543.

Myographiae comparatae specimen, or, A comparative description of all the muscles in a man, and in a quadruped / By James Douglas.

Embryonic nerves growing into the developing limb