Kupffer cells hang around like spiders on the walls

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An example of simile (and metaphor) in popular science writing"

"The Kupffer cells hang around like spiders on the walls of the blood vessels waiting to catch any red blood cells which have passed their best before date (typically 120 days)."

Catherine Carver

Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.