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THE MIRACLE OF HORMONES

more precisely, without the conscious intelligence required to under-
stand a calendar) and do everything with perfect timing? This fact is a
proof that the hypothalamus has been designed by God in a way to prop-
erly affect this timing.
After receiving the command, the pituitary gland secretes two hor-
mones, LH and FSH. The target areas of these hormones are the female
ovaries and the male testes. These hormones give a command to these or-
gans to "go into action" after years of being inactive.
The testes and the ovaries then begin to produce the sex cells proper
to males and females and to secrete the sex hormones. The LH and FSH
hormones in men and women have the same molecular structure, yet
each is responsible for different processes in the male and female bodies.
In the section entitled "Hormones That Are Able to Regulate Time
and Produce the Differences between the Sexes" we examined the won-
der that these hormones have different effects and that they wait years to
be secreted.
Now, let us examine how the male and female reproductive systems
develop and see what kind of system God has created for each new
human being that has come into the world.

The Female Reproductive System

The most important organ in the female reproductive system is the
ovary, each of which weighs between 10-20 grams. The ovaries make the
egg cell that is half of the newborn person. (The other half is the sperm
cell that comes from the male body.)
Another function of the ovaries is to produce sex hormones. This is a
very important function because these hormones make a child's body a
woman. This function resembles a sculptor making a statue, but the hor-
mones are not outside the body as the statue is outside the sculptor's body,
rather, (in the case of the hormones) the statue is formed inside the body.
The sex hormones produced in the female body, for instance, cause

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