Random Analogies
The Mounth Is A Tail Pipe.....
a: Carbon dioxide ~
b: the human body's exhaust
What: "Carbon dioxide is like the human body's exhaust. Our lungs are the specialized organs where gas exchange takes place. Gas exchange means simply that one gas is exchanged for another in the lungs. In the lungs there are many finely branched tiny blood vessels (actually called capillaries) as we inhale oxygen-rich air, the oxygen in the air binds to the blood in the capillaries as they pass through the
lungs."
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Date: Jul 22 2013 6:51 PM
# 3420 Critique Analogy
a: Flagellum ~
b: a well-designed nanomachine
What: "As the ions flow into the flagellar cell, the rotor in the basal body revolves at up to 300 revolutions per second, so that the flagellar filament revolves like a propeller and causes the bacterium to move forward. The flagellum is like a well-designed nanomachine."
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Writer: Koji Yonekura
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 29 2013 3:50 PM
# 4350 Critique Analogy
a: health care system ~
b: leaning tower of Pisa
What:
"The Canadian health care system is like the leaning tower of Pisa--a fine structure which everyone wants to preserve and improve. The officials in charge are caught between demands from those who want a new escalator for the visitors, and those who say the main priority is to find ways to prevent the tower from falling over "
From:
J Can Assoc Radiol. 1982 Jun;33(2):68-76.
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Writer: Holmes RB
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Date: Jan 23 2014 8:43 PM
# 4764 Critique Analogy
a: Weathering ~
b: natural sandblasting
What:
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Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 13 2014 7:12 PM
# 5696 Critique Analogy
