Load Path Educational explainer. Not medical advice.

The body as a system

Thirty organs, six kinds of flow between them. Each organ is drawn by its job in the system: pump, filter, controller, sensor, store. Each line is a dependency. When one part fails, the load moves along these paths.

The first scenario is in clinical review.

Flows

  • Blood
  • Neural
  • Hormonal
  • Lymph
  • Gas
  • Metabolic

Organ roles

  • Pump
  • Filter
  • Controller
  • Sensor
  • Effector
  • Store
  • Barrier
  • Producer
Flow layers
The body at rest: organs and the flows between them30 organs connected by 74 flows of blood, nerve signals, hormones, lymph, gas and metabolites. Select an organ or a line to see details. Arrow keys move between connected organs.