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CELL TO PERSON ANALOGY
- Thinking that cell is a noun and its pronouns being I , WE , ME , US
- “I” belonging to a Body having many others like “ME” that are called “WE/US”
- “MINE/MY” I possess organelles
- Organs called organelles
- “My lungs” being Mitochondria
- “My Intestines” being Endoplasmic reticulum
- “My brain” being Nucleus for genes
- “My Liver” being Vacuoles for storage
- “My skin” being Cell membrane / cell wall
- “MYSELF” being either
- Good
- Normal flora
- Bad
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Fungi
- Parasite
- “MY” parents being
- Father as Sperm
- Mother as ova
- “I” being in the past as
- Zygote
- “I” became “US” as
- embryonic cells
- ectoderm
- endoderm
- mesoderm
- Stem cells
- “US” being in the Present as
- Organ cells
- I being either
- Fat or increase in size
- Cellular hypertrophy
- Lean or thin
- Atrophy
- I doing my activities
- Like
- Pinocytosis , drinking , taking in water or minerals either through
- channels
- pores
- Eating
- phagocytosis
- eating dead cells
- Endocystosis
- my food being either miniature form of
- “glucose ” as sweet food / fruit
- “amino acids ” protein food , pulses
- “fatty acids ” oils
- Genetic Code being
- Alphabets or patterns
- sequence of alphabets being
- proteins
- neurotransmitters
- US being either
- Increased in population
- tumour
- Neoplasia
CELL TO SEMANTOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE ANALOGY
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An analogy between the word and cell to describe the contents of cell as alphabets
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Cell Fiction
| cellular analogy | Cellular process | person analogy | term |
|---|---|---|---|
| cell eats | phagocytosis | person eats | ingestion |
| cell drinks | pinocytosis | person drinks | drinking |
| cell vomits or discard | exocytosis | person vomits or egests | emesis or egestion |
| cell swallows | endocytosis | person swallows | swallowing |
| cell has sensors | cellular receptors | person has senses | |
| cell has channels | ion channels | person has channels | mouth,anus |
| cell has covering | cell membrane | person has covering | skin |
| cell can die | apoptosis or necrosis | person can die | suicide or old age |
| cell has life span | cellular life span | person has age | age of person |
| cell can respire in | cell uses oxygen | person inhales | inspiration |
| cell can respire out | cell discards co2 | person exhales | expiration |
| cell can move | diapedesis | person can move | walk |
| cells can float | person can float | swim | |
| cells have environment | extracellular fluids | person has environment | |
| cells can communicate | intercellular communication | personal communication | talk , discuss, argue |
| cell has mother | stem cell | person has mother | mother |
| cell can be sisters | daughter cells | person can be sisters | daughters |
| cell has enemy | person has enemy | ||
| cell can produce or secrete | secretion | person can invent or make | industry |
| cells can store | storage | person can store or keep | store or godowns or shop |
| cells can kill | person can kill | ||
| human body has invaders | infections | country has invaders | invasion |
| human body has borders | police cells | country has borders | military |
| body cells can kill their own cells | tumour cells , autoimmunity | own military can kill their own people | |
| body cells can kill their own cells | hypersensitivity | own military can kill their own people | |
| cell uses energy | person uses energy | ||
| cell stores energy | person stores energy | ||
| cells can grow | person can grow | ||
| cell uses weapon | person uses weapon | ||
| cells can repair | clot, frature healing,scar | person can repair | |
| cells can carry | person can carry | ||
| cells can send messages | hormones,neurotransmitter | person can send messages | email,post |
| body has passages | artery,vein,intestines | country has roads and streets |