The Human Body

Over 200 bones give the body its shape, protect vital organs, and work with muscles to create movement.

Over 600 muscles work together to move the body, hold posture, and even make heat to keep us warm.

The brain, spinal cord, and nerves carry messages around the body at incredible speed.

Arteries, veins, and capillaries form a transport network carrying blood, oxygen, and nutrients everywhere.

A defence network of lymph nodes, vessels, and organs that fights infection and keeps fluids balanced.

The nose, trachea, and lungs bring oxygen in and push carbon dioxide out with every breath.

From mouth to exit, this system breaks food down, absorbs the good stuff, and gets rid of the rest.

The kidneys filter blood and produce urine, which the bladder stores until it's time to go.

A network of glands that release hormones to control growth, mood, metabolism, and much more.

A whole-body map showing how the brain, heart, lungs, and digestive organs all fit together.

A see-through look at every hormone gland in the body, from the brain right down to the reproductive organs.

The body's control centre — responsible for thinking, feeling, movement, and keeping us alive.

A powerful muscle that pumps blood around the body, delivering oxygen and removing waste.

Your heart has its own natural pacemaker that sends electrical signals to keep it beating in rhythm.

Your kidneys filter around 150–200 litres of blood every single day, removing waste and balancing fluids.

The eye detects light, focuses it into an image, and sends the signal straight to the brain — able to spot around 10 million colours.

The ear doesn't just let us hear — it also keeps us balanced using fluid-filled canals deep inside.

The body's largest organ — it protects, senses, controls temperature, and even makes vitamin D.

Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body — harder than bone!

Made of 33 vertebrae stacked together, the spine protects the spinal cord and lets the body bend and twist.

Each hand has 27 bones, plus muscles, tendons and nerves that allow incredibly precise movement.

Joints let your body bend, twist and move, while ligaments and cartilage keep everything stable and protected.

Your body is made of trillions of cells — each one a tiny factory with its own control centre, power plants, and recycling system.

If you stretched out all the DNA in your body, it would reach about 2 metres long — and it's found in nearly every cell.

Neurons can send signals up to 400 km per hour — the fastest communication network in your body.

Blood is packed with different cells, each with its own job — from carrying oxygen to fighting infection.

Sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch — five different ways your body gathers information about the world.

One big poster bringing together the ear, teeth, spine, hand, cell, DNA, neuron, eye, kidney, heart and senses.