Freeze Fracture Collection

"Unlocking the Intricacies of Freeze Fracture: Revealing the Hidden World in Exquisite Detail" Freeze fracture, a remarkable technique employed in electron microscopy

Freeze Fracture Collection: Skin layers, SEM

$Chloroplast. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through a plant cell, showing a fractured chloroplast (green)$

Chloroplast, SEM
Chloroplast. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through a plant cell, showing a fractured chloroplast (green)

$Freeze Fracture Collection: Freeze-fractured baby cream, SEM C017 / 7133$

Freeze-fractured baby cream, SEM C017 / 7133
Freeze-fractured baby cream, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Mangification: x1680 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

$Freeze Fracture Collection: Freeze-fractured baby cream, SEM C017 / 7134$

Freeze-fractured baby cream, SEM C017 / 7134
Freeze-fractured baby cream, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Mangification: x1680 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

$Freeze Fracture Collection: Freeze-fractured baby cream, SEM C017 / 7135$

Freeze-fractured baby cream, SEM C017 / 7135
Freeze-fractured baby cream, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Mangification: x1680 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

Freeze Fracture Collection: Blood-filled artery, SEM C013 / 7117

Blood-filled artery, SEM C013 / 7117
Blood-filled artery. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through an artery (dark brown) in muscle tissue (light brown), showing the red blood cells (erythrocytes, centre) inside

Freeze Fracture Collection: Blood-filled artery, SEM C013 / 7118

Blood-filled artery, SEM C013 / 7118
Blood-filled artery. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through an artery (centre) in muscle tissue, showing the red blood cells (erythrocytes, red) inside

Freeze Fracture Collection: Blood-filled artery, SEM C013 / 7116

Blood-filled artery, SEM C013 / 7116
Blood-filled artery. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through an artery (dark pink, centre) in muscle tissue (purple), showing the red blood cells (erythrocytes, red) inside

$Egg cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a developing egg cell in a secondary follicle of the ovary. At centre is the rounded egg cell or secondary oocyte (red)$

Egg cell, SEM
Egg cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a developing egg cell in a secondary follicle of the ovary. At centre is the rounded egg cell or secondary oocyte (red)

$Pancreatic secretory cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture through a healthy pancreas, showing the secretory tissue$

Secretory cells in pancreas, SEM
Pancreatic secretory cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture through a healthy pancreas, showing the secretory tissue

$Choroid plexus secretory cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured choroid plexus from a brain$

Choroid plexus secretory cells, SEM
Choroid plexus secretory cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured choroid plexus from a brain

$Compact bone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured sample of compact bone from a knee joint. This type of bone is found in the walls of bones$

Compact bone, SEM
Compact bone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured sample of compact bone from a knee joint. This type of bone is found in the walls of bones

$Heart blood vessels. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through cardiac muscle, exposing the blood vessels of the heart$

Heart blood vessels, SEM
Heart blood vessels. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through cardiac muscle, exposing the blood vessels of the heart

Freeze Fracture Collection: Arteriole and red blood cells, SEM

Arteriole and red blood cells, SEM
Arteriole. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cross-section through a small, thin- walled artery known as an arteriole

$Skeletal muscle fibres. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured bundle of skeletal (or striated) muscle fibres$

Muscle fibres, SEM
Skeletal muscle fibres. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured bundle of skeletal (or striated) muscle fibres

$Ulcerative colitis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of freeze-fractured bowel tissue from a patient suffering from ulcerative colitis$

Ulcerative colitis, SEM
Ulcerative colitis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of freeze-fractured bowel tissue from a patient suffering from ulcerative colitis

$Freeze Fracture Collection: Freeze fracture micrograph of cell nucleus$

Freeze fracture micrograph of cell nucleus
Cell nucleus. Freeze-fracture scanning electron micrograph of a cell from a parathyroid gland. In the lower left is the nucleus (orange), studded with nuclear pores

$Freeze Fracture Collection: Col. freeze-fracture TEM of cell nucleus membrane$

Col. freeze-fracture TEM of cell nucleus membrane
Cell nucleus membrane. Coloured freeze-fracture transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of part of the nuclear membrane of a liver cell

$Bladder stone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fractured bladder stone. Bladder stones are crystalline masses that form from the minerals (ammonium phosphate or calcium oxalate)$

Bladder stone, SEM
Bladder stone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fractured bladder stone. Bladder stones are crystalline masses that form from the minerals (ammonium phosphate or calcium oxalate)

$Gallstone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fractured gallstone. Gallstones form in the gallbladder. When there is an imbalance in the chemical composition of the bile$

Gallstone, SEM
Gallstone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fractured gallstone. Gallstones form in the gallbladder. When there is an imbalance in the chemical composition of the bile

$Eye lens. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured lens (crystalline lens) of an eye, showing stacked cuboidal epithelium cells$

Eye lens cells, SEM
Eye lens. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured lens (crystalline lens) of an eye, showing stacked cuboidal epithelium cells

$Blood vessel in the lung, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This small artery has been fractured to show the enclosed red blood cells (RBCs, orange)$

Blood vessel in the lung, SEM
Blood vessel in the lung, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This small artery has been fractured to show the enclosed red blood cells (RBCs, orange)

$Hyaline cartilage. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through hyaline cartilage, a semi-rigid connective tissue$

Hyaline cartilage, SEM
Hyaline cartilage. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through hyaline cartilage, a semi-rigid connective tissue

$Trachea mucous membrane. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fractured mucous membrane of the trachea (wind pipe), showing the epithelium and underlying connective tissue$

Trachea mucous membrane, SEM
Trachea mucous membrane. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fractured mucous membrane of the trachea (wind pipe), showing the epithelium and underlying connective tissue

$Nasturtium stem. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured Nasturtium (Tropaeolum sp.) stem, showing numerous vascular bundles (such as at upper centre)$

Nasturtium stem, SEM
Nasturtium stem. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured Nasturtium (Tropaeolum sp.) stem, showing numerous vascular bundles (such as at upper centre)

Primate finger bone, SEM

Primate finger muscle, SEM

Freeze Fracture Collection: Lymphocyte white blood cell, SEM

Lymphocyte white blood cell, SEM
Lymphocyte white blood cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through a lymphocyte, showing the cell nucleus (upper centre) and cytosol (blue)

Primate ear canal, SEM

Primate hand tendon, SEM

$Pancreas tissue. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of fractured pancreas tissue, showing numerous acinar cells, containing secretory zymogen granules$

Pancreas tissue, SEM
Pancreas tissue. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of fractured pancreas tissue, showing numerous acinar cells, containing secretory zymogen granules

$Nerve bundle. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through a bundle of myelinated nerve fibres. Myelin sheaths (yellow) can be seen surrounding the axons (blue)$

Nerve bundle, SEM
Nerve bundle. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through a bundle of myelinated nerve fibres. Myelin sheaths (yellow) can be seen surrounding the axons (blue)

$Muscle fibre. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured skeletal (or striated) muscle fibre. The fracturing of the fibre has revealed that it consists of a bundle of smaller$

Muscle fibre, SEM
Muscle fibre. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured skeletal (or striated) muscle fibre. The fracturing of the fibre has revealed that it consists of a bundle of smaller

$Flower anatomy. Coloured freeze-fracture scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a flower with the top removed, showing a central ovary (pale pink, centre) containing ovules (green)$

Flower anatomy, SEM
Flower anatomy. Coloured freeze-fracture scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a flower with the top removed, showing a central ovary (pale pink, centre) containing ovules (green)

Freeze Fracture Collection: Nettle leaf trichomes, SEM

Nettle leaf trichomes, SEM
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf trichomes, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Trichomes (hair-like) are seen on the upper leaf surface

$Monkey puzzle leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf of a monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana)$

Monkey puzzle leaf, SEM
Monkey puzzle leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf of a monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana)

$Birch leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf from a birch tree (Betula sp.). The fracture has passed through the leaf$

Birch leaf, SEM
Birch leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf from a birch tree (Betula sp.). The fracture has passed through the leaf

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"Unlocking the Intricacies of Freeze Fracture: Revealing the Hidden World in Exquisite Detail" Freeze fracture, a remarkable technique employed in electron microscopy, allows us to delve into the mesmerizing intricacies of various biological structures. From skin layers to chloroplasts, this method offers an unprecedented glimpse into their hidden realms. Peering through the lens of a scanning electron microscope (SEM), we witness the astonishingly complex architecture of skin layers. Each freeze-fractured section unveils a mosaic-like pattern, showcasing the delicate arrangement and organization that lies beneath our outermost protective shield. Moving on to chloroplasts – nature's solar powerhouses – SEM reveals their intricate membrane systems with unparalleled precision. The freeze-fractured images expose these green organelles as a network of interconnected sacs and tubules, highlighting their crucial role in photosynthesis. Intriguingly, even everyday products like baby cream can be subjected to freeze fracture analysis. SEM captures stunning micrographs that showcase its unique composition at an incredibly detailed level. With images such as C017 / 7133, C017 / 7134, and C017 / 7135 revealing frozen snapshots of this cosmetic marvel from different angles, we gain insights into its structural properties. Delving deeper into our circulatory system, blood-filled arteries come under scrutiny through freeze fracture imaging using SEM. Astonishingly detailed visuals like C013 / 7117 and C013 / 7118 allow us to explore these vital conduits for oxygenated blood with awe-inspiring clarity. Every twist and turn within these vessels is laid bare before our eyes. The exploration doesn't stop there; hair follicles become subjects of fascination when observed through SEM after undergoing freeze fracture techniques. These microscopic wonders reveal themselves as intricate tunnels housing hair growth machinery deep within our scalps. Zooming further down to cellular levels brings us face-to-face with egg cells.