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THE MIRACLE IN THE CELL

MUSCULAR SKELETAL NERVOUS ENDOCRINE CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM (HORMON- SYSTEM
Facilitates Protection and Detection of AL) SYSTEM Transport of
movement. support of internal and Hormonal con- many substances
Maintenance organs. external stimuli. trol of bodily to cells and waste
of posture. Production of Control and coor- functions. products away
Heat produc- blood cells. dination of Works in har- from cells.
tion. Storage of responses to stim- mony with the Stabilization of
calcium and uli. Integration of nervous sys- pH and internal
phosphate. all organ systems' tem. temperature.
activities.
Figure 7.10
Well-defined systems in the human body. Each system is dependent on the others.
Without the full development of the nervous system, the skeletal system is useless.
Without the circulatory system, the respiratory system will not work. Each system has
been created to carry out its particular duty in the most perfect way. Blood vessels mak-
ing up the circulatory system are thousands of kilometers in length, resulting in each of
the body's 100 trillion cells being reached and nourished. The body is able to move
thanks to thousands of different muscles doing their jobs. The digestive system breaks
down nutrients in thousands of complex chemical reactions. Each highly complex system
works with the other in great harmony. A ridiculous notion like coincidence cannot
explain such highly developed systems.

and gave you hearing, sight and hearts so that perhaps you would show
thanks. (Qur'an, 16:78)
Another verse explains the creation of human beings:
He created you from a single self, then produced its mate from it, and sent
down livestock to you-eight kinds in pairs. He creates you stage by stage in
your mothers' wombs in a threefold darkness. That is God, your Lord.

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