Page 31 - The Miracle of Electricity in the Body

Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) 29

The time elapsed between
your stepping on a nail Brain
and your brain perceiving Sensory cortex
pain is only a few thou-
sandths of a second.
Thalamus
During that interval, of
which you are unaware, a
message is sent from the
foot to the brain. You thus
withdraw your foot before
further damage is done.

impulse

Spinal cord
Direction of nerve
nerve impulse of Your body, howev-
Direction system far more complex
er, possesses an electrical

than that in any electrical
Spinal cord device. To claim that such
cross-section
a system came into being
by chance is therefore still
more infinitesimally remote.

NEURONS SPE-
Cell body CIALLY CREAT-
ED TO CARRY

SIGNALS

All neurons contain a nucleus, short
fibers known as dendrites that carry electrical sig-
nals, and a long fiber known as axon that carries signals for long dis-
tances. The nerve cell, which can be as fine as silk thread, can be as long
as roughly 1 meter (3,2 feet). Signals sometimes must travel even greater
distances along the nerves. 8
It’s fair to liken the body of the neuron to a telephone switchboard
equipped with advanced technology. However, with its cellular dimen-