Grotta Palazzese | Polignano a Mare, Italy
You know, just like that one time when Gehn turned Temple Island into a swank resort & spa.
Men in rubber suits, miniature film sets, and none of that CGI nonsense. Retronaut recently dug up some behind-the-scenes pictures for the Godzilla flicks, and they are pretty darned fascinating.
Surface projections of the major organs of the trunk, using the vertebral column and rib cage as main reference points of superficial anatomy. The transpyloric plane and McBurney’s point are among the marked locations.
Locations of specific organs:
- The following vertebral levels are generally given by the middle of the vertebral body:
- The oblique fissure of the right lung goes from the spinal process of thoracic vertebra 3 towards the navel
- The horizontal fissure goes along the 4th rib (the original image from Gray has this line almost at the 5th rib, but this is not labeled in image, as other lung images seem to support the upper level)
- The cardia of the stomach is at the level of the 10th rib
- The fundus of the stomach is in the 5th intercostal space, slightly below the apex of the heart
- Pylorus is usually at the L1 (the transpyloric plane)
- The transpyloric plane is at the level of:
- lumbar vertebra 1
- the pancreatic body
- the origins of the superior mesenteric artery from the aorta and portal vein
- the left and right colic flexure
- hilum of the kidney on the left
- upper pole of the kidney on the right
- duodenojejunal flexure
- McBurney’s point is located one third of a line from the anterior superior iliac spine and the navel
- The upper rim of the liver is in the 5th intercostal space
- The left lobe of the liver is to the left of the midline
- The lower limit of the liver at the midline is approximately 3 cm below processus xiphoideus
- The spleen is projected against the 9th and 10th rib on the backside
- The left kidney is approximately at the vertebral level T12 to L3, and the right one slightly lower.
- The average position of the highest point of the spleen is at the level of the lower third of the tenth thoracic vertebra.
- The average position of the lowest point of the spleen is at the level of the middle third of the first lumbar vertebra.
The Aeolus Acoustic Wind Pavilion is a wind-singing metal sculpture by Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram that lets windy gusts and breezes find their capacity for articulation. Using no electrical power to assist the melody-making, nylon harp strings are attached to some of its tubes, diverting wind into the centre of the work to create sound. Even the unstrung tubes are tuned to an aeolian scale to hum at low frequencies.
Gastric Subway by Steven McGaughey.
In the past, I have made no secret of my interest of the world of transportation. Steven, a medical student who has a passion for both medicine and design, produced this conceptualized diagram of the gastric area, the tissues, and vessels.
For more works by this exceptional student, you can check out some of his illustrations on his blog or website.
Oh, yes. I think I will.
Our Friend the Atom
Surface anatomy of the human heart
The heart is demarcated by:
- A point 9 cm to the left of the midsternal line (apex of the heart)
- The seventh right sternocostal articulation
- The upper border of the third right costal cartilage 1 cm from the right sternal line
- The lower border of the second left costal cartilage 2.5 cm from the left lateral sternal line.
(via justalittledoctor)
I think I had a dream with this song in it last night.
Sweden’s Bunkers
With no domestic sources of fossil fuels (well – except for wood of course), there has always been a push in Sweden to go for local sources of energy. A fairly large number of reasonably sized rivers made hydropower an interesting alternative and large installations were made in the early 1900s. The main railways in Sweden were electrified from 1914 and onwards and at the time of WWII, a substantial coverage had been achieved by international standards. Today some > 95% of the rail transport effort is done with electric traction.
(via mysticplaces)
Chico & Rita
this song has been stuck in my head all day.
French poster for L’ATLANTIDE (Jacques Feyder, France/Belgium, 1921)
Artist: Manuel Orazi (1860-1934)
Poster source: WalterFilm
“In 1920 Manuel Orazi was called on to design the sets, costumes, and posters for the film adaptation of Pierre Benoit’s novel L’Atlantide. A story of a monstrous Queen Antinea, descendant of the rulers of Atlantis, it was a perfect fit for Orazi’s theosophy leanings. Orazi had already had a very distinguished career, which included posters for Sarah Bernhardt’s Theodora, Empress of Byzantium, jewelry and poster designs for the Maison Moderne, and various illustrated books by authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire, and Oscar Wilde.” –Nekokaiju
