Spider Flower

Cutaneous necrosis following brown recluse spider bite

Spider-Like Coronary Anatomy; the True Spider!

A 55 year-old man was admitted to the hospital with typical chest pain; the ECG and cardiac biomarkers were normal. He had a history of hypertension and coronary angiography (CAG) a year ago due to unstable angina pectoris and a drugeluting stent was implanted at the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. CAG was performed at admission due to persistent chest pain and a single right co...

Passion flower

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Flower development

Plants that bear flowers are called Angiosperms. With around 300,000 species, they represent the largest and most successful group in the green kingdom. Flowers contain one or more female organs, or carpels, in their center. Carpels enclose the ovules, and later the seeds. Stamens, the male pollenbearing organs, surround the carpels. Sexual organs are in turn surrounded by vegetative organs (th...

Flower show

Kew Gardens in London opened last month the first gallery in the world to open all year round dedicated to botanical illustrations. The gallery will showcase art from Kew’s unique historic collections as well as Shirley Sherwood’s contemporary collection of botanical art. The two collections, which complement each other, will allow Kew to show to the public many of its largely unseen works and ...