. The American Museum of Natural History : pictorial guide. American Museum of Natural History; Natural history museums. BIRTH OF A BABY Successive exhibits show how we grow; how we breathe; how our circula- tory, nervous, and digestive systems work; how we move; how our bodies eliminate waste; the functions of the en- docrine glands; and our sensory organs. For example, a model of the circulatory system, made of transparent plastic with etched arteries and veins, simulates by means of edge lighting the dynamics of blood circulation. In another model, nearly a mile of wire is used to trace the
. The American Museum of Natural History : pictorial guide. American Museum of Natural History; Natural history museums. BIRTH OF A BABY Successive exhibits show how we grow; how we breathe; how our circula- tory, nervous, and digestive systems work; how we move; how our bodies eliminate waste; the functions of the en- docrine glands; and our sensory organs. For example, a model of the circulatory system, made of transparent plastic with etched arteries and veins, simulates by means of edge lighting the dynamics of blood circulation. In another model, nearly a mile of wire is used to trace the human nervous system. basic of all natural processes, reproduc- tion, occupy the next stage of the exhi- bition. Photographs enlarged 8,000 times show a human egg surrounded by sperm. There are fetal specimens, ranging in age from nine weeks to seven months, preserved in plastic. A series of ingeni- ously colored plaster models shows the changes in facial structure that occur as the fetus develops. A series of six other sculptures sensitively depicts the crucial moments during the delivery of an infant into the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Museum of Natural History. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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