In social networks, a picture is very popular, on which, it is claimed, you can see an element of the human body under a multiple increase. We checked whether such a description is correct.

A frame on which you can see several outgrowths of a bizarre shape, with the signature of a “female nipple under a microscope” in recent years, has circumvented many Internet resources-as entertainment (“”Picabu" Joyreactor), and social networks. This photo was seen in their tape by many users Tiktok, Facebook, "VKontakte" And Twitter. The picture was especially popular in Telegram - it was published, in particular, channels "Bullet"(154,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Camera"(146 000),"Intimology"(136 000) and"Kotya"(93,000).

According to "Big medical encyclopedia", The mammary gland is an organ of mammals that produce milk after female individuals after childbirth. In male individuals, the mammary glands remain underdeveloped and do not function. A nipple of the mammary gland is a ledge of skin with a strongly pigmented epidermis (outer layer). In the near -zosky circle (areola), the tubercles are scattered, on which the outlet ducts of the sebaceous and sweat glands are opened. The main function of the nipple is performed by 15–25 lobes of the mammary gland, which reach the top of the areola, expanding at the surface of the skin.

Breast anatomy. Source: Tula State University

This is how it is It looks Through x -ray computed tomography:

And so view It has one separately taken duct of the mammary gland through a microscope:

As we see, nothing in common with the photograph of interest to us. Where did she come from? The original picture can be seen, for example, on a stock site Photo.Sight. The signature under the photograph posted there on October 23, 2007 reads: “The Andaman Sea. On a strong course, the assets hid their petals and began to look completely unusual. ”

The author of the frame is listed Dmitry Vinogradov (1964–2018) - Professional photographer and instructor in diving, chairman of the Moscow open photo club and president of the Wild Underwater World photo festival. His work can often be seen on popular InternetPortals. Judging by other pictures from the Internet, as well as drawings from Encyclopedias, before us there really can be assets - animals from the class of coral polyps. Who was the first to decide to give this frame for the image of a female nipple is not known for certain, but It happened This is in the first half of the 2010s.

It is noteworthy that, under the guise of a picture of a female nipple taken using a microscope, Internet users spread not only an acting photo. Another popular in Runet image, accompanied by a similar signature, in fact is a picture of the human intestines.