This document provides a table of contents and overview of organ systems, organs, and tissues of the human body. It includes sections on the digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system, immune system, skin, urinary system, endocrine system, reproductive system, nervous system, and dense connective tissue systems. Each section provides subsections and images related to the major components. The document aims to provide a comprehensive overview of human anatomy through detailed sections and diagrams.

1. The Human
Body:
A Study of
Major Organ
Systems,
Organs, and
Tissues
Leonardo da
Vinci’s sketch of
‘Vitruvian Man’.
It depicted early
anatomical
studies based on
planetary and
zodiacal concepts.

2. Table of Contents
Digestive System Credits (P1)
Circulatory System
Credits (P2)
Respiratory System
Immune System
Skin
Urinary System
Endocrine Glands
Reproductive System
Nervous System

3. Table of Co
Digestive System
Esophagus Liver (macro)
Stomach (macro) Vessel elements of the l
Stomach (micro) Pancreas
Small intestine (macro) Tongue
Small intestine (micro) Tooth
Large intestine (macro)
Large intestine mucous cells (micro)

4. Back to Digestive Sy
ESOPHAGUS

5. S
T
O
M
A
C
H
(macro)
Back to Digestive System

6. Back to Digest
STOMACH (micro)

7. SMALL INTESTINE (micro)
Back to Digestive System

8. SMALL
Back to Digestive System INTESTINE
(macro)

9. LARGE INTESTINE
(macro)
Back to Dig

10. LARGE INTESTINE Back to Digestive System
Mucous being
MUCOUS CELL (micro) released into the
large intestine
Mucous
cell

11. Back to Diges

12. Back to Diges
VESSEL ELEMENTS OF THE LIVER

13. Back to Digest
PANCREAS

14. TONGUE Back to Diges

15. Back to Diges
A TOOTH

16. Table of Co
Circulatory System
Heart muscle
Heart valves and chambers
Myocardial Infarction
Blood vessels
Red blood cells
Bone marrow

17. Back to Circula

18. Back to Circula
THE HEART

19. MYOCARDIAL Back to Circula
INFARCTION

20. Back to Circula

21. Back to Circulatory System
Mature RBC
(de-nucleated
cell)
nucleus
Normoblast

22. Back to Circula
BONE MARROW TISSUE (40x)

23. Table of Co
Respiratory System
Lung
Cigarettes CAN Kill You

24. Back to Respirator

25. DON’T DO Back to Resp
DRUGS
DON’T DO
DRUGS
DON’T DO
DRUGS
DON’T DO
DRUGS
DON’T DO
DRUGS

26. Table of Co
Immune System
Granular (eosinophil, Spleen
basophil, neutrophil)
White Pulp (lymphocy
Agranular
T cells Red Pulp (RBCs
B cells , macrophages)
Monocyte
Thymus
Lymph node

27. Back to Immune System
eosinophil basophil
band neutrophil segmented neutrophil

28. Back to Immu
T-CELLS
V.
CANCER

29. Back to Immu
B-CELLS V.
BACTERIA

30. Back to Immu
MONOCYTE:
Responsible for the
phagocytosis of foreign
objects, either by
receptor recognition or
antibody selection.
Travels to other tissues
to become macrophages.

31. Back to Immu
Afferent
lymphatic
collagen vessel
LYMPH NODE
Efferent
lymphatic
vessel

32. Back to Immu
SPLEEN
TISSUE

33. Back to Immu
WHITE
PULP OF
THE
SPLEEN

34. Back to Immu
RED PULP
OF THE
SPLEEN

35. Back to Immu
THYMUS CORTEX
AND MEDULLA

36. Table of Co
Skin
Cross-section of epithelium
Melanocyte

37. Back to Skin
Pacinian corpuscle

38. Back to Skin
MELANOCYTES
Pigment cell (melanocyte)

39. Table of Co
Urinary System
Glomerulus
/ Bowman’s capsule
Ducts and tubules of kidney
Distended transitional epithelium (bladder)
Relaxed transitional epithelium (bladder)

40. Back to Urinary System

41. Back to Urinary System
KIDNEY TUBULES

42. Back to Ur
DISTENDED URINARY TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM
transitional
epithelium

43. RELAXED URINARY TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM Back to Ur

44. Table of Co
Endocrine System
Anterior pituitary gland (and hormones rel
Posterior pituitary gland (and hormones re
Thymus tissue
Adrenal gland tissue (micro)
Adrenal gland (macro)

45. Back to Endocrine System

46. Back to Endocrine System

47. Back to Endocrine System
Thymus Tissue

48. Back to Endocrine System
ADRENAL GLAND (micro)

49. ADRENAL GLAND (macro)
Structural formula
of epinephrine:
C9H13NO3

50. Table of Co
Reproductive System
Development of sperm
Development of ova
Uterus with embryo
Uterus without embryo
Blastocyst
development
Gastrula development

51. Back to Reproduc
DEVELOPING SPERM IN TESTES

52. Back to Reproduc
DEVELOPING OVA IN OVARIES

53. Back to Reproduc
UTERUS WITH
DEVELOPING
EMBRYO

54. Back to Reproduc
UTERUS ANATOMY

55. Back to Reprod
BLASTOCYST

56. Back to Reproduc
GASTRULA DEVELOPMENT

57. Table of Co
Nervous System
Brain and its function
Myelinated nerve
Synaptic junction (complex)
Synaptic junction (conceptual)
Anatomy of the eye
Myopia (nearsightedness)
Hyperopia (farsightedness)
Middle ear anatomy
Inner ear and beyond

58. Back to Nervous System
Cerebrum

59. Back to Nerv
MYELINATED NERVE

60. Back to Nerv
SYNAPTIC
JUNCTION:
THE 5-STAR AP VERSION

61. Back to Nerv
SYNAPTIC JUNCTION: CONCEPTUAL

62. ANATOMY OF THE EYE
Back to Ner

63. without
correction
MYOPIA (nearsightedness)
with correction
Back to Ne

64. HYPEROPIA (farsightedness) Back to Nerv

65. Back to Nerv
MIDDLE EAR
ANATOMY

66. Back to Nerv
THE INNER EAR
AND BEYOND

67. Table of Co
Dense Connective
Tissue Systems
Cardiac Muscle (cross-section) Tissue
Bone
Cardiac Muscle (longitudinal section)
Adipose Cells
Smooth Muscle (high power)
Hyaline / Elastic Car
Smooth Muscle (low power)
The Muscular System
Skeletal Muscle

68. Back to Dense Connective Tissue Systems
HYALINE CARTILAGE ELASTIC CARTILAGE

69. Back to Dense Connect
ADIPOSE CELLS

70. Back to Dense Connect
BONE TISSUE

71. Back to Dense Connect
SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE

72. Back to Dense Co
Longitudinal section of smooth
muscle tissue (low magnification)
LEGEND
Yellow arrows:
Spindle-shaped
nuclei
Green arrows:
Width of smooth
muscle tissue

73. Back to Dense Co
Longitudinal section of smooth
muscle tissue (under high power)
LEGEND
Blue arrows:
Spindle-shaped
nuclei

74. Back to Dense Conn
Longitudinal section of cardiac
muscle tissue (under high power)
LEGEND
Yellow arrows:
Cardiac muscle
cells
Blue arrows:
Central nuclei
Red arrows:
Intercalated
discs

75. The
Muscular
System
Back to Dense Connective Tissue Systems

76. Back to Dense Connect
Cross-section of
cardiac muscle tissue
LEGEND
Yellow arrows:
Cardiac muscle
cells
Green arrows:
Centrally located
nuclei

77. Table of Con
Credits
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http://www.medicinenet.com
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78. Table of Con
Credits
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