#2960: Organ Meanings

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[A graph is shown with X and Y-axis without arrow or ticks. To the left of the Y-axis and below the X-axis there are labels with an arrow pointing up from the top of the Y-axis label and an arrow pointing right above the X-axis label, just beneath the x-axis.]

Y-axis: How well I understand what it means when used in metaphors

X-axis: How well I understand its actual biological function

[On the graph is a scatter plot with 13 labels. Each label is written inside a line that goes just around the words. There are most in the top right corner, but they are spread all over the graph. Here in approximate reading order from top left with indicating of where on the graph the words are located:]

[Top left:]

Appendix

[Top middle:]

Nerves

Spine

[Top right:]

Heart

Bones

Stomach

[Center left:]

Liver

Spleen

[Center right:]

Lungs

[Bottom left:]

Thymus

Pineal gland

[Bottom middle:]

Kidneys

[Bottom right:]

Tongue

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:IMO the thymus is one of the coolest organs and we should really use it in metaphors more.


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