Medical & Biological Illustration

Intracranial Anastomoses of the Ascending Pharyngeal Artery
Intracranial Anastomoses of the Ascending Pharyngeal Artery

This full-page illustration of the posterior fossa highlights a previously unknown vessel  that can potentially link the ascending pharyngeal and posterior inferior cerebellar arteries. This branch is of particular importance during vascular surgery in this region, as thrombotic material has the potential to cross this branch and lodge in the medulla.

Reference: Khaled Effendi, MD, FRCSC, Elsa Magro, MD, Jean-Christophe Gentric, MD, Tim E Darsaut, MD, FRCSC, Jean Raymond, MD, FRCP, Romuald Seizeur, MD, PhD, Michel W Bojanowski, MD, FRCSC, Anastomosis Between the Ascending Pharyngeal Artery and the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Through the Jugular Foramen: A Cadaveric Observation, Operative Neurosurgery, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2016, Pages 163–167, https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000001098

Structure and Function of the Cervical Sympathetic Chain
A classic anatomic plate highlights the regional anatomy of the cervical sympathetic chain of three ganglia in the neck.

 

Structure and function of the Cervical Sympathetic Chain
Esophagectomy patient education illustration
Esophagectomy

A bite-sized illustration showing the effects of an esophagetomy.

 

 

 

 

First Aid: How to Remove a Bee Stinger

 

How to remove a bee stinger
Fasciation in cockscomb (Celosia argentea var. cristata)
Fasciation in Cockscomb
An elegant continuous tone style adds realism to this biological explanation of fasciation, the process where a plant appears folded or wavy. 
Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase is essential for the promastigote andamastigote stages in Leishmania major

This vector illustration summarizes the key findings of the article, “Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase is essential for the promastigote and amastigote stages in Leishmania major” by Mukherje e et al. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2019.03.001). 

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