If you cracked open the top of a skull and looked straight down, this is what you'd see. The nasal cavity is right under all those holes (the "cribriform plate"--the holes are actually for olfactory nerves). The flat thing in the middle is a kind of spike (the "crista galli," or "cock's comb") that helps anchor one of the stronger membranes in the braincase. The red dot above it, which I considered cloning out, is actually a distinct anatomical landmark called the foramen cecum. And the area on the left, where the bone is thinner and the light is coming through, is actually the roof of the orbit.
There's your anatomy lesson for the day. :)
Date: April 2009
Where/What: inside a skull
Camera: Fuji S700
Shutter: 1/50
Aperture: f 3.5
ISO: 200
Listening to: Mellow Yellow (Donovan)
Thankful for: having a nice protective skull--it's a little like having an exoskeleton for your brain. Speaking of which--in the words of my 10th-grade biology teacher, the difference between an exoskeleton and an endoskeleton is whether it goes "crack-squish" or "squish-crack," respectively. The more you know!...
6 comments:
This is very cool!
And a nice addition to unglass. :)
I'm glad you didn't edit out the red dot.
wow ... that's crazy cool looking.
Hi there,
This is a question for the webmaster/admin here at www.blogger.com.
May I use some of the information from your post right above if I give a backlink back to your website?
Thanks,
Jack
It is my first post here, so I would like to say hallo to all of you! It is really comfort to meet your community!
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