Page 52 - Miracles in Our Bodies

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gigantic network of nerves running right
through our bodies. There is another such

miraculous network. This consists of blood vessels. Like the

network of nerves, blood vessels, too, circulate through the body.

They are so long that their total length would be about 100,000 kilo-

metres (62,000 miles) if they were spread over a flat surface. In fact,

it is not hard at all to understand that there are blood vessels all

around our body. Even a small scrape on any part of our body would

start to bleed immediately. This proves that blood circulates all

through our body. It is vital that we have blood vessels at
every point because, as mentioned in the previous chap-

ter, the nourishment required by the body cells is

conveyed through the blood vessels.

Oxygen that cells need for

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