Atlas of 30 OHP Transparencies size 22 x 28 cm, comprising 66 colour pictures, mostly with several component figures (drawings, diagrams, anatomical pictures, photomicrographs and macrographs, X-ray photographs). In strong plastic file with ring-mechanism. - Compilation and text: Prof. Walter Mergenthaler.

Connective and Supporting Tissues: Embryonic connective tissue - Areolar connective tissue - White fibrous tissue, l.s. of tendon - Yellow elastic fibrous tissue, l.s. of ligamentum nuchae - Hyaline cartilage of frog - Costal cartilage of man - Yellow elastic cartilage - Fibrocartilage from intervertebral disc - Bone cells and canaliculi - Tibia of man, t.s. showing general structure: fundamental lamellae, Haversian lamellae, interstitial lamellae - Compact bone, t.s. showing systems of lamellae, medium magnification - Long hollow bone, entire epiphysis for general study - Compact bone, l.s. showing Haversian canals - Haversian system, t.s. for finer detail - Structure of bone, schematic figure - Finger of human embryo, l.s. cartilaginous predisposition of finger bones - Finger of human embryo, beginning ossification - Bone development, l.s. details of intracartilaginous ossification - Bone development, t.s. - Osteoblasts, high magnification - Red bone marrow showing megakaryocytes

The Skeleton: The skeleton, entire front and entire back view - Division of the skeleton in its functional parts - Joints: hinge joint, ball-and-socket joint - Finger joint, sagittal l.s. low magnification - Vertebral column, cervical and thoracic vertebrae - Lumbar vertebra, sacrum, coccygeal bone - Skull, atlas, axis - Thorax and shoulder girdle, front and back views - Construction of a long bone, 3 schematic figures - Skeleton of the arm showing supination and pronation - The elbow joint, entire view and longitudinal section - The skeleton of the hand - The pelvis, 2 figures, one showing the ligaments - The knee joint, 4 figures: long. section, front view, back view, and menisci - The skeleton of the foot: side view, frontal view, ankle joint - The skull, front view and side view - The skull dissected in its different bones - X-ray photograph of a dislocation (luxation) - X-ray photograph of a bone fracture

The Muscular System: The skeletal musculature of man, general view of front side and back side - Structure of the muscle, 4 schematic figures - Striated muscle, electron micrograph - Striated muscle, t.s. showing fascia, connective tissue, muscle bundles and muscle fibres - Striated muscle, l.s. muscle fibres and nuclei - Striated muscle fibres, l.s. showing the striations, high magnification - Striated muscle fibres, t.s. showing the fibrillae, high magnification - Capillary blood vessels in the muscle, injected preparation - The sensory and motor innervation of the muscle (muscle spindles and motor end plates), 4 schematic figures - Motor nerve end plates - Neuromuscular synapses in skeletal muscle, electron micrograph - Motor innervation of muscle, low magnification - Muscle spindle - The muscles of head and neck, front view and side view - The muscles of the trunk, front view - The superficial muscles of the back - The deeper muscles of the back - The muscles of the shoulder (antagonism) - The muscles of the arm - The pronation and supination muscles of the arm - The muscles of the hand, front view and back view - The muscles of the pelvis - The muscles of the leg, front view and side view - Extensor and flexor muscles of the leg - The muscles of the shank and the foot - Example of a complex muscular efficiency.

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