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  • Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) larva, LM
  • Osteoblasts
  • HeLa cells
  • Bone
  • Macrophage infected with Candida yeast spores, TEM
  • Hoverfly mouth part
  • Dragonfly wing
  • Dividing HeLa cell, LM
  • Kidney stone, SEM
  • Upper jaw bone slice
  • Dandelion seed head
  • Colour diatom
  • Medieval human maxilla (upper jaw bone)
  • Dried buffer crystals, LM
  • Blood clot
  • Flour beetle
  • Salmon sea louse, fish parasite
  • Pancreas
  • Water flea (daphnia)
  • Threaded needle, SEM
  • Bovine pulmonary artery cells
  • View inside a wasp head, micro-CT
  • Upper jaw bone
  • Hoverfly eyes, SEM
  • HeLa cells, LM
  • Macrophages infected with Candida yeast spores, TEM
  • Vitamin C imaged with polarised light. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an important vitamin, essential for collagen formation and wound healing, it also facilitates to absorption of iron. A good source of vitamin C is found in a variety of fruit and vegetables, notably citrus friuts, kiwi and broccoli. It is a water soluble vitamin so is excreted by the body and, therefore, needs to be ingested regularly. A lack of vitamin C causes scurvy.
  • Pulmonary artery cells
  • Moth wing scales
  • Blue anemone flower pollen grain, SEM