Confocal image of a section through a region of the inner ear called the vestibular organ, which is part of a complex arrangement of tubes and chambers that work together to enable us to keep our bala...

Fluorescence microscope image of a cryostat section of mouse tongue epithelium immuno-stained for all taste bud cells (red) type II taste bud cells (green)and counter-stained for DNA (blue). The imag...

Single image from a serial section electron microscopic reconstruction of the cell body of a cortical pyramidal neuron from a biopsy sample obtained from the cortex of a patient with Alzheimer's dise...

Figures 323 & 324 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. The outer segments of the rods and cones of the vertebrate retina and many photoreceptors of invertebrates b...

Transmission electron micrograph showing normal glomerulus basement membrane filtration slits 15 min post IV ferritin administration. At this time point frerritin is in the capillary lumen basement m...

Hamster oocyte and cumulus cells. This scanning electron micrograph shows a hamster oocyte. The oocyte is not directly visible but lies beneath the zona pellucida. The surface of the zona pellucida c...

The time lapse movie shows the rocking motion of the spindle that appears to play a role in the unequal cleavage divisions in a fertilized Spisula solidissima (Clam) egg. Eventually, this leads to t...

Cells from peritoneal cavity exudate of the mouse, exposed to sodium azide at 22°C for 22 minutes. The macrophage in the field of view has extended long microvilli, showing a rapid response to change...

Typical organization of gap junctions as seen in thin sections (upper) and replicas of freeze-fractured cell membranes (middle and lower). Upper, gap junction from the saccular macula of a goldfish; ...

Transmission electron micrograph of rat kidney filtration barrier. Image is low magnification vies of the basement membrane filtration slits, urinary space, and the glomerular filtration capillary lu...