Studies of the Fetus in the Womb are two coloured, annotated sketches made by Leonardo da Vinci around 1511, correctly depicting the human fetus in its proper position inside a dissected uterus. The drawings show a single-chambered uterus, contradicting a then-common theory that a multi-chambered uterus separated twin fetuses into distinct compartments, and they also correctly render the uterine artery and the vascular system of the cervix and vagina.
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Since 1690 the studies have been housed in the Royal Collection, United Kingdom
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Studies of the Fetus in the Womb are two coloured annotated sketches by Leonardo da Vinci made in around 1511.
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Studies of the Fetus in the Womb are two coloured annotated sketches by Leonardo da Vinci made in around 1511.
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Studies of the Fetus in the Womb are two coloured annotated sketches by Leonardo da Vinci made in around 1511. The studies correctly depict the human fetus in its proper position inside a dissected uterus. Leonardo depicted the ut
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