Anatomy Lesson

This “Chest of Fruit” with the red pepper for the heart and clusters of grape-like oversized alveoli speaks for itself – The image provides a brief respite from the serious depths of our discussion about anatomy lesson on the chest.

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Nuts About Dancing

Adrenal Dessert

The adrenal gland is made of the adrenal cortex and medulla.  The cortex has three layers each responsible for a different hormone.  the outer layer is responsible for aldosterone is called the zona glomerulosa (yellow), the middle layer consists of longitudinally oriented glands and is called zona fasciculata, while the last layer called the retcularis (deep orange) is responsible for the production of androgens

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Apple Core Lesion

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Peau D’Orange

Peau d’orange is the French term used, and adopted into the English language to describe the skin of the breast when it becomes dimpled usually due to lymphatic edema and resembles the skin of  an orange.  This entity is seen in breast cancer and common in inflammatory breast cancer.

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Strawberry Gallbladder

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Gallstones in the Gallbladder

The gallbladder which is the greenpepper contains stones made of native seeds of the greenpepper and a single slice of a banana which represents a large cholesterol stone.

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Gallbladder Cancer and GallStones

This greenpepper was cut through at its bulky and fleshy white base where the mound of tissue was reminiscent of a malignant mass.  The seeds of the greenpepper serve as gallstones which are almost always associated with malignancies  of the gallbladder

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Skin Deep

Grapefruit Structure and the Breasts

Beyond the skin the breasts consist of glandsand ducts that are interdgitated with adipose tissue.  The glandular substance consists of 15 to 20 lobes each is an independent gland subtended by its own ductal  system Each lobe is divided into lobules.  The lobe is associated with a duct.  The artistic rendering “skin deep” reflects the histology of the breast which is seen in sagittal section (breast in blue) axial section and finally in coronal section.  In the final image, the ducts are seen in red  coursing to the nipples with the pink and teal glandular structure is seen peripherally.  The fat is in yellow

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The Berries grapes Acini and Alveoli of the Body

The grape like structure (aka acinar and alveolar structure is seen in many structures of the body including alveoli of the lungs and acini of many glands.

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The grape of the Lung

The alveolus is the single sac that is the unit in the lung where the gas exchange takes place.  Alveolus means small pit, hollowed out structure, or sac and is used interchangeably with acinus which means small grape.  The alveoli in groups have been describe as a bunch of grappes and each alveolus is represented as a grape.  In this drawing the lungs and capsule are reflected usung the single unit, acinus or alveoli as the looking glass.

The two layers of pleura (orange) are held together by a thin layer of pleural fluid (yellow) by cohesive and adhesive forces. The visceral pleura is connected to the lung while the parietal pleura is attached to the chest wall. The pleura and fluid as a unit bind the chest wall to the lungs. The cohesion and adhesion that results keeps the outer chest cage of bone and muscle in intimate contact with the lungs, being pulled and pushed together in the harmonious dance of respiratory movement. Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD 42540b06 Davidoff art

Pomegranates and the Breasts

The shape and the nipple like structures at the base of the pomegranates are remminiscent of breast structure.

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Female Introitus

Pear

Gallbladder in Blue

Gallbladder in Red

Origin of the Images Above

The Shape and Position of the GAllbladder have Implications in Function

The Uterus

The uterus is pear shaped as depicted in this overlay sagital MRI image

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The Uterus

The uterus is shaped like a pear

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Gallbladder Cancer and Stones

Zuchini Gallbladder

Anatomy Lesson

Alveoli

Alveoli

The Chestnut and the Prostate