Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being. It is composed of many different types of cells that together create tissues and subsequently organs and then organ systems. They ensure homeostasis and the viability of the human body.

"Anatomy of the human body" redirects here. For the textbook, see Gray's Anatomy.

It consists of a head, hair, neck, torso (which includes the thorax and abdomen), arms, hands, legs, and feet.

The study of the human body includes anatomy, physiology, histology and embryology. The body varies anatomically in known ways. Physiology focuses on the systems and organs of the human body and their functions. Many systems and mechanisms interact in order to maintain homeostasis, with safe levels of substances such as sugar and oxygen in the blood.

The body is studied by health professionals, physiologists, anatomists, and artists to assist them in their work.

Circulatory system

– Three-dimensional representation of human or animal anatomy

Anatomical model

– Aesthetic perception of one's own body

Body image

– study of cell activity

Cell physiology

– Study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species

Comparative anatomy

– Study of the diversity of functional characteristics of organisms.

Comparative physiology

– Process of human growth to maturity

Development of the human body

– List of definitions of terms and concepts commonly used in the study of medicine

Glossary of medicine

– Look, outward phenotype

Human physical appearance

– Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness

Medicine

Organ system

Outline of human anatomy

The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception

List of skeletal muscles of the human body

List of organs of the human body

List of distinct cell types in the adult human body

List of human microbiota

Boitano, Scott; Brooks, Heddwen L.; Barman, Susan M.; (2016). Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-182510-8.

Barrett, Kim E.

, ed. (2008). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (40th ed.). London: Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0-8089-2371-8.

Susan Standring

(from the late 18th and early 19th centuries) (archived 26 January 2014)

The Book of Humans

(archived 10 December 1997)