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Food Shapes in the Body

The Common Vein Copyright 2008 

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
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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
Strawberry gallbladder is the term used to describe a condition in the gallbladder called cholesterolosis of the gallbladder where yellow cholesterol deposits in the submucosa of the gallbladder are seen in the background of a reddened and inflammed wall resembling the appearance of a strawberry.

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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
The red pepper is carefully opened and an entry into its secret chamber is revealed yet covered by two fleshy columns of curtain and a few spilled seed. There is a remarkable resemblance to the female labia vagina and introitus. Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD. 02172p code accessory interesting Davidoff art

Pears

Pear
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Gallbladder in Blue
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Gallbladder in Red
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Origin of the Images Above
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The Shape and Position of the GAllbladder have Implications in Function
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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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Greenpepper

Gallbladder Cancer and Stones
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Zuchini Gallbladder
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Grapes

Anatomy Lesson
This artistic rendition of the heart and lungs uses the shape of fruit and vegetables to create an image of the chest. The lungs are made of grapes, the pulmonary arteries are made of carrots, the ribs are made of banana peel and the heat is made of a red pepper. 02032p Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD. accessory cardiac heart lung bone PA grape banana peel ribs Davidoff art

Alveoli
This a grape like cluster of normal alveoli. Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD 32163 code lung alveolus terminal bronchiole respiratory bronchiole RS normal anatomy drawing Davidoff art

Alveoli
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The Size of the Prostate

The diagram depicts the variety of structures that have been compared to the size of the prostate. After a shopping spree to Russo?s in Newton Massachusetts and some significant research into the true sizes of the fruits and nuts that have been compared to the prostate, it was found that the chestnut (e) is closest to the size of the prostate. The kiwi (b) and plum (c) were far larger and A-P dimensions particularly excessively large. The walnut (d) was close but A-P dimension too large, the plum tomato(f) too round, and the almond (g) too thin in the A-P dimension.

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The Chestnut and the Prostate
The diagram depicts the chestnut and correlative artistic renderings in the A-P (a,b), transverse (c,d) and sagittal projections (e,f). The rounded anterior and lateral borders and flattened posterior border fit perfectly, and the heart shape in the frontal projection is also the shape of the chestnut.

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