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The Arteries In Your Body

Here’s what the arteries look like in your body. These are acid-corrosion casts, meaning the system of the arteries is cast in plastic using acid.

Plastinate arm on display in Expedition Health ant DMNS.
via Health Science Collections
liquid limbs human arteries feet
via International Journal of Morphology
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Gunther von Hagens: Acid-corrosion cast of the arteries of the adult human hand

UPDATE: Here’s an upper body too. Apparantly these things are cast in plastic with some pretty acidy technology.

plastinated circulatory system
via Tumblr

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