How are both of these different in 2 ways?
2007-12-02 09:07:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I like that comparison!
You can't break a telephone wire but you can break the spinal chord.
2007-12-02 09:12:42 · answer #1 · answered by Star T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birds hang on phone lines.
The spinal cord is asymmetric, e.g. the feet don't do the thinking.
Electron transfer on a phone line is not achieved by a chemical process along the phone cord.
You don't pay a monthly fee to a third party to use your spinal cord.
If the line gets cut its usually easy to reconnect.
The phone line is digital.
Nobody rings your spinal cord to sell you something you don't want at dinner time, well maybe.
2007-12-02 09:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The spinal cord does not relay information via a flow of electrons. It uses a series of changes in the membrane permeability to ions (it will allow certain ions to cross the membrane and others not to cross).
The spinal cord is also made up of living tissue...
2007-12-02 09:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by the_way_of_the_turtle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can recycle telephone wire but you can't recycle spinal cord.
2007-12-02 10:11:30 · answer #4 · answered by anoymus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋