Page 43 - Miracles in Our Bodies

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thanks to the perfect functioning of each of these compo-
nents, we can digest food. It is vital that components of
the digestive system be harmonious and complete be-
cause the whole system fails unless they are so.
Now let us give an example to illustrate why all the
components of a system should be complete for the proper
functioning of the system:
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