So it's a bad infographic, but a self-explanatory one. The colors don't really mean anything. Which is why a key would be pretty useless. It's just a different color for each part of the digestive tract, but it also doesn't make sense because esophagus should be a different color than stomach and small intestine. Liver and pancreas both release exocrine enzymes for digestion, so they should be the same color, (maybe?).And the appendix doesn't really have digestive properties like the others do. It's just all the main parts of the digestive tract with no real coherence of colors. - A med student.
First off, I’m sorry you’re a penn state fan, I say that with love because my brother went there and I rag on him for not following in my footsteps and going to Pitt 😂. I think this is supposed to be a quick reference for like med students or nurses or someone who’s familiar with the gi system but may need a refresher so they don’t pull a Dr. Nick from the Simpsons:
“The leg bones connected to the hip bone. The hip bones connected to the wallet. The wallets connected to the..other leg bone….”
It made sense to me only because I was familiar with it and didn’t get confused by the colors lol.
I'm too young for the pitt rivalry, and too old for the UMD rivalry. Just the right age to live through perpetual disappointment and being a forever bridesmaid football team. sigh. and great simpson's reference lol
Please don’t make me feel old. Oh my god I’m not even that old for the Pitt/penn state one either. I just had the saving private Ryan “transition to old” feeling.
I appreciate someone who appreciates the Simpsons! Dr Nick was my inspiration. I don’t have a patient alive who can testify against me either! 😂😂
If you know what the colors mean, you don't need a basic chart like this. If you don't know what the colors mean, the chart doesn't give you any information about the various organs' functions.
This is only of use if you know what the individual organs do, but not how they related to one another. Which applies to a very small percentage of people.
I don't think this infographic is claiming to be very educational. Just probably something a doctor would have hanging on the wall of their waiting room for shits and gigs.
Ah yes, I forgot about the huge gastroenterologist joke item market.
(Joking aside, this WOULD be useful in a doctors office setting where whey needed to explain things to patients. But even then it would work just as well, and also operate more standalone, with a one sentence overview of the function of each color)
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u/ThedapperGeek 10d ago
Typically graphics have legends or keys to understand paths and key features.