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The Human Cell

A cutaway of a human cell, about 14 µm across. Click any part to look closer.

About this model

A cutaway of a generic human cell about 14 µm across, drawn in micrometres. Organelles have about their real sizes, but a real cell holds many more of them (and millions of ribosomes); we drew fewer so you can see inside. Molecules (ribosomes, membrane lipids, motor proteins, DNA) are enlarged 2–20× so you can see them, and in those close-ups the scale bar gives their real size. Colours are illustrative: most of a real cell is transparent.

Made by Djordje Janjic · LinkedIn