Closeup of the cardiovascular system

• closeup cardiovascular system

British fund to combat heart disease (British Heart Foundation) - one of the largest charities in the world, funding research in the field of cardiology. And at the same time holds competition for the best photographs.

The heart of the developing mouse embryo:

The image that shows the interaction between the heart and the brain. The colors show the different imaging modalities: magnetic resonance imaging of the heart and brain, ultrasound heart imaging and fluorescence imaging of the heart and blood vessels.

The image of the heart, shot from below, with a bright "button" in the center - a metal valve, which replaces the natural heart valve of the patient:

Pericytes part of the walls of small blood vessels, including capillaries. Pericytes surround and support our blood vessels to make them more:

different colors - different cells of the cerebellum in the brain of mice:

The network of blood vessels in the mouse heart in the early stages of a heart attack:

cells of the heart muscle man:

The monocytes - a red blood cell, namely, one of the leukocyte fractions responsible for the non-specific defense of the body:

The internal structure of the blood clot:

A complex network of blood vessels in the mouse head:

The winner. Colorful image of cells of the blood vessels in the mouse: