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  • Organs of sense: fifteen figures including dissections of the tongue, ear, eye, brain and spine. Line engraving by J. Taylor after F. Birnie, 1789.
  • A woman sitting at an organ; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving, 16--.
  • A woman playing the barrel-organ; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • Organs of sensation: eight figures of the ear and eye. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.
  • Traité des sens / par Mr. Le Cat.
  • Traité des sens / par Mr. Le Cat.
  • Traité des sens / par Mr. Le Cat.
  • Tongue, including taste bud - coloured
  • Bottom surface of a human tongue
  • Human tongue
  • Human tongue
  • Tip of a human tongue
  • Sense about... science for celebrities / Sense About Science.
  • Sense about... science for celebrities / Sense About Science.
  • Sense about... science for celebrities / Sense About Science.
  • Sense about... science for celebrities / Sense About Science.
  • Sense about... science for celebrities / Sense About Science.
  • Sense about... science for celebrities / Sense About Science.
  • Vestibular hair cells
  • Hair cells in the utricle
  • Silk moth antenna
  • Eye development, zebrafish
  • A microCT 3D reconstruction of a 10-day-old chick embryo, as seen from the right hand side. The inner ear is depicted, with the semicircular canals (the body's balance organ) and the cochlea (which converts sound waves into electrical impulses) shown in green. The otic capsule, a cartilaginous structure surrounding the inner ear which develops into part of the sphenoid bone, is shown in blue.
  • Zebrafish posterior lateral line development
  • Zebrafish sensory neuromasts
  • The human ear: thirteen figures showing the anatomy of the inner ear. Engraving by T. Milton, 1808.
  • The human eye: ten figures, showing the eye open and closed. Engraving by T. Milton, 1809.
  • The human ear: the anatomy of the inner ear, as seen through above and through the skull. Engraving by T. Milton, 1808.
  • The human eye: seven figures, including cross-sections through the head, and microscopic images of the structure of the eye. Engraving by T. Milton, 1810.
  • The human eye: seven figures, showing the internal and external musculature surrounding the eye. Engraving by T. Milton, 1810.