Corpus

An atlas of the human body

Every layer
of you,explorable

Rotate the skeleton. Peel back to the muscles. Look inside at the organs. Click any structure and read what it does, what goes wrong with it, and what the evidence says you can do about it.

01Skeletal layer

206 bones, 33 vertebrae, one frame

The frame everything else hangs from. Bone is living tissue — it remodels continuously in response to the loads you put through it, which is why the skeleton is one of the few organ systems you can directly train.

13labelled structures

02Muscular layer

The engine, and the thing you can change fastest

Skeletal muscle is the most adaptable tissue you own. It responds to load within days, and the strength you build in it protects the joints underneath — which is why almost every rehabilitation programme on this site ends in a strengthening exercise.

17labelled structures

03Organs layer

The systems doing the work right now

Everything the frame protects and the muscles serve. These organs are not independent units — the liver talks to the pancreas, the gut talks to the brain, and the kidneys quietly set your blood pressure while you read this.

16labelled structures

3D geometry derived from BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science, licensed under CC Attribution-ShareAlike 2.1 Japan. Meshes have been grouped, simplified and recoloured for the web. These models are a teaching aid, not a diagnostic tool — anatomy varies between individuals.

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Nothing works alone

Every part of the body quietly shapes several others.

Heart Kidneys

The heart and kidneys continuously regulate each other's fluid balance and blood pressure.

Heart Brain & mind

The autonomic nervous system adjusts heart rate second-to-second based on stress, breathing and posture.

Heart Sleep

Poor sleep raises next-day resting heart rate and blood pressure, adding cumulative cardiovascular strain.

Heart Muscular system

Regular training increases the heart's stroke volume, letting it pump more blood per beat at rest.

Liver Skin

Impaired liver function can show up as skin changes, including jaundice or itching.

Liver Muscular system

The liver supplies glucose that fuels muscle activity, especially during longer exercise.