In the kidney glomerulus (rose), the GFB filters ions, water, glucose, etc. in the blood from the afferent arteriole (left […]
Oxygen Transport/Mountain River
Oxygen molecules (O2) from the lungs (mountains) bind to hemoglobin molecules on red blood cells (trees and rose petals in […]
Pineal Gland/Night Sky
At night/darkness, the pineal gland (moon) secretes the hormone, melatonin (molecules in the water), into the bloodstream, reducing alertness therefore […]
Follow Your Heart
The neurons serve as a background for the brains that are orbiting the heart, similar to planets orbiting the sun […]
Blood Brain Barrier/Ocean Shore
he blood brain barrier is a membrane which separates the circulating blood from the brain. It allows only certain substances […]
Aorta with Bronchioles/Robert Frost’s “Road Not Taken”
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” the first line in Robert Frost’s poem “Road Not Taken,” is the inspiration […]