What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? Just staying on it I guess, long as she can.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Cardiology & Art

I came across this gem on the British Heart Foundation website (via Oxford Science Blog). The image was found by cardiology researchers looking at the arterial walls whilst studying heart disease. Pericyte cells in the blood vessel wall present as red with blue nuclei, and the green colour is collagen.

The resulting heart-shaped arrangement of cells is a fond reminder of our shared childhood misconception (mine at least!) that within the breast of every human, our heart is shaped as above. Aaah.

1 comment:

The Beautiful and Glammed said...

Thanks for posting the collection, love the cut and shape she contours, amazing! And love the soft shades! Great blog, we'll definitely be back. Come follow us too if you fancy! Have a good weekend, woop! xxx