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Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Cell Fertilization
The images and videos here allow students to see on a microscopic level what happens when cells are fertilized.
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Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem cells have an enormous impact on the structure of a living creature. This site features still images as well as short videos of these cells in action.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Cell Structure
Discover microscopic images of various eukaryotic cells, both plant and animal.
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Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Cell Motility
This interesting site explains how cells move and provides videos depicting the movement of various human and animal cells.
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Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Blood Cells
This colorful site provides a gallery of blood cell photos. You can observe human white blood cells, human red blood cells, sheep red blood cells, and zebrafish red blood cells. As an added bonus, you can enlarge the red blood cell...
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Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Cell Development
This interesting site provides videos and photos of cells going through the process of cell division. Observe Zebrafish development and Sea urchin embryo cell division in video format.
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National Institute for Basic Biology: The Plant Organelles World
This web resource provides basic information about structure and function of plant organelles through a large interactive cell drawing, as well as many opportunities to explore further. Links lead the learner to several short movies of...
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Cells Alive!: Enhancing the Microscope Image
See how an enhancement of a microscopic image can change and improve its appearance.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Eye & Ear
Understand the structure and function of the eye and ear cells by examining these microscopic tissue samples.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Epithelia
Investigate microscopic specimens of various epithelial tissue and cells.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Glands
Examine the microscopic specimens of various types of glands.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Gastrointestinal System
Investigate the human gastrointestinal system with this extensive collection of microscopic specimens.
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Univ. Of Kansas Medical Center: Blood Smear
This site, which is provided for by the University of Kansas Medical Center, gives a microscope slide of Red Blood cells (erythrocytes).
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Science Kids: Science Images: Cells
This photo shows an enhanced microscopic view of cells.
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Microscopic Photo of Green Stem Cells.
The buzz word "stem cells" are scientifically defined and the differences between stem cells and other cells explained in this "Everyday Mystery".
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Muscular System
Study several microscopic specimens taken from the three different types of muscle tissues: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Vascular System
Learn about the three basic layers of the vascular system by examining cell and tissue specimens from those layers.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Basic Histopathology
These microscopic images of different cells and tissues from the human organs gives an idea of some the pathological processes that occur and the importance of histology.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Urinary System
This University of Kansas Medical Center site provides a clickable list of microscopic slide photographs of urinary system cells and tissues.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Bone
See several specimens of microscopic images of bone cells and tissue.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Female Reproductive System
Examine this collection of microscopic specimen images from the female reproductive system.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Connective Tissue
Examine these specimens of connective tissue from the human body.
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University of Kansas Medical Center: Endocrine System
Investigate this collection of microscopic samples of tissues and cells from the endocrine system.