What’s on the The Body Systems poster
A 11-row table: System · Job · Key organs.
No system works alone — every one of them depends on the circulatory system to deliver and remove.
- Circulatory — Transport — Heart, blood vessels
- Respiratory — Gas exchange — Lungs, trachea, diaphragm
- Digestive — Break down, absorb — Stomach, intestines, liver
- Nervous — Sense and control — Brain, spinal cord, nerves
- Skeletal — Structure, protection — Bones, cartilage
- Muscular — Movement — Skeletal, smooth, cardiac muscle
- Endocrine — Chemical signalling — Pituitary, thyroid, pancreas
- Immune — Defence — Lymph nodes, spleen, marrow
- Urinary — Filter and balance — Kidneys, bladder
- Integumentary — Barrier — Skin, hair, nails
- Reproductive — Reproduction — Gonads
The skin is the largest organ, and the only system that is entirely a barrier.
Questions about the The Body Systems poster
- What’s on the The Body Systems poster?
- A 11-row table: System · Job · Key organs. No system works alone — every one of them depends on the circulatory system to deliver and remove. Circulatory — Transport — Heart, blood vessels; Respiratory — Gas exchange — Lungs, trachea, diaphragm; Digestive — Break down, absorb — Stomach, intestines, liver; Nervous — Sense and control — Brain, spinal cord, nerves; Skeletal — Structure, protection — Bones, cartilage; Muscular — Movement — Skeletal, smooth, cardiac muscle; Endocrine — Chemical signalling — Pituitary, thyroid, pancreas; Immune — Defence — Lymph nodes, spleen, marrow; Urinary — Filter and balance — Kidneys, bladder; Integumentary — Barrier — Skin, hair, nails; Reproductive — Reproduction — Gonads. The skin is the largest organ, and the only system that is entirely a barrier.
- Who is the The Body Systems poster for?
- The Body Systems belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning anatomy can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Body Systems poster?
- When learning any organ, name its system first. It gives you the purpose before the detail. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Body Systems belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Body Systems?
- Blood, Blood Types and The Cell sit alongside The Body Systems in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BloodBlood TypesThe Cell
- Is the The Body Systems poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Body Systems downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Body Systems poster print at?
- The Body Systems is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Body Systems loses nothing.Printing guide
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