Because some of the organ-system icons may be confusing, they are explained below.
| Alcohol | Martini glass | |
| Anthropometrics | Measuring bars next to a person | |
| Atherosclerosis | Section of a blood vessel, with a patch of atherosclerosis | |
| Blood | A test-tube, half-filled with blood | |
| Cancer | Something that starts small and grows larger | |
| Death | Skull and crossbones | |
| Doctor | Rod and serpent of Aesculapius | |
| Ear | Left external ear | |
| Endocrine | Thyroid gland sending a message to another gland | |
| Energy | Lightning bolt | |
| Eye | Left eye | |
| Family history | Simple pedigree diagram | |
| Gastrointestinal | Piled feces | |
| Hair | Hair shaft in skin | |
| Heart | Valentine with EKG pulse | |
| Infections | Person standing in a cloud of bacteria and other infectious agents | |
| Liver | Anterior view of liver | |
| Lungs | Anterior view of lungs | |
| Miscellaneous | Abbreviation for "miscellaneous" | |
| Musculoskeleton | Crutch | |
| Neurology | View of the brain's left side | |
| Oral | Wide-open mouth | |
| Psychiatry | Greek letter psi | |
| Reproductive | Symbols for male and female | |
| Skin | Layers of skin | |
| Sleep | Sleeping person, with eyes closed | |
| Tobacco | Smoke rising from a cigarette | |
| Trauma | Two crossed swords | |
| Unknown | Question mark | |
| Urologic | Kidneys, with ureters leading down to the bladder |