Subway Map of Human Anatomy
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The structure of our body is very complex, and it is challenging for someone without a medical background to understand how the various systems of the human body function, even if you have an atlas of anatomy handy. What if we tried to create an even easier-to-understand visualization of the human body?
Doctor Jonathon Simmons of Boston (Massachusetts) went even further. He created terrific schematic illustrations of human anatomy in the distinctive style of the London Underground map.
Just as Harry Beck’s original intuitive and easy-to-use 1933 London Underground map straightened out and color-coded each of the lines, Jonathon Simmons’ anatomical map depicts thirteen different “lines” through the body, each of which illustrates a particular system of the body. Here are several:
- The Vermillion system (Pink line) depicts one of the tiniest surface areas, the frontier around the mouth from the cupid’s bow to the bottom lip.
- The airway system (Black line) defines the passages from the mouth and nose, down the larynx, and into the lungs. The system also operates with bronchial arteries (red lines) and veins (blue lines).
- The nervous system (Yellow line) begins from the brain’s temporal lobe and reaches to the body’s limbs, such as the fingertips and toes.
- The special system (Magenta line) contains organs vital for 4 of the 5 senses–sight, hearing, smell, taste, and the reproductive organs.
- In the portal system (Purple line), about 75 percent of the blood streaming from the liver passes through portal veins, one of two sets of veins linked to the liver.
Want to learn more about the human body, then have a look at the following atlases of human anatomy:
