Similes and Physiology Flashcards
The two hip bones are like…
The foundation of a wall.
The vertebral column is like…
A pile of gold coins.
The main blood vessel is like…
A central pillar made of agate.
The sternum with its four corners is like…
The crossbeams of a ceiling.
The twenty-four ribs are like…
Well-laid rafters (in a ceiling)
The costal cartilage of the ribs is like…
A bracket supporting the rafter [rib] (of a ceiling)
The channels (nerves/white and blood vessels/red), ligaments and tendons are like…
Slender twigs over a rafter.
The muscles and skin are like…
plasters (covering the walls/ceiling.)
The two clavicles are like…
The parapet to a palace.
The two scapulas are like…
The buttresses of the palace.
The head is like…
A dome on the rooftop.
The apertures of the five sense organs are like…
Windows (in the dome on the rooftop)
The skull is like…
A covered roof.
The aperture at the crown of the head is like…
An opened chimney.
The right and left ears are like…
The highly raised head of the Garuda.
The nose is like…
A show of beauty [a flourish] on top of the roof.
The tangled hair is like…
Tiny male and female bricks arranged to cover the roof.
The two hands are like…
Banners hanging outside a palace.
The upper and lower abdomen are like…
The upper and lower corridors (of a palace)
The diaphragm is like…
A silk curtain drawn together (separating the upper and lower corridors of the upper and lower abdomen).
The heart is like…
A king seated on his throne.
The five posterior lobes of the lungs are like…
His internal ministers.
The five anterior lobes of the lungs are like…
The king’s five children (princes).
The liver and spleen are like…
Senior and junior consorts (to the king).
