The Menstrual Cycle by Federica Fragapane

Artwork for Scientific American. The piece represents the menstrual cycle, visualizing the variables involved and their connections.
The visualization shows – as different layers of information – data on the hormones that stimulate the ovaries, the ovulatory cycle, the hormones released by the ovaries, the relative thickness of the uterine endometrial lining and the blood vessels and glands.