atherosclerosis medical illustration Medical Illustration. Copyrighted  © 2013 Laura Maaske - Medimagery LLC. Illustrated by Laura Maaske Medical Illustrator, Medical Animator, Biomedical Communicator, & biological artist. Do not reuse without permission. www.medimagery.com

Stages of Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease Illustrated

Illustrated Stages of atherosclerotic Plague Development. Atherosclerosis is a vascular destructive condition of the blood vessel so that the wall of an artery holds an accumulation of a cholesterol-based materials. “Arthero” refers to the artery. “-sclerosis” means hardening or loss of elasticity of a blood vessel. This is a digital illustration created as part of a traditional flipbook. It has been purchased and copyrighted by Merck Pharmaceutical, 2000. Medical illustration prepared by Laura Maaske – Medimagery LLC. Below is an explanation of the atherosclerotic progression.

Tree-branching patterns like blood vessels Photograph Medical-illustration Copyrighted Material by Laura-Maaske Medical Illustrator www.medimagery.com

Wandering Outwardly on a Fractal

Primary experiences describe the general shape of not zooming into a fractal, but rather, zooming out of a fractal, with original experiences feeling more distant, yet ever layered into the wider and wider experiences which come.” –Christopher Vita If experience is like zooming out from a fractal, then perhaps any body of knowledge offers a similar gathering momentum. It begins at the limbs with the collection of small bits of information. Those bits gather into larger and more solid structure.