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in the womb, before any nerves have connected the heart to the brain.
The heart is able to continue beating even during heart-transplant oper-
ations when all the nerves have been severed and the organ is removed
from the patient’s chest cavity. Under a microscope, a heart cell even
continues to beat by itself as long as fresh oxygenated blood can reach
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it. That is because there is a generator in the heart cells that produce
their own energy.
As you know, in the event of a cut in the energy supply, a generator
is a device that can take over and continue producing energy that pre-
vents machinery from halting or being damaged. The heart, one of the
most vital organs in the human body, has also been granted a similar
form of protection to prevent its coming to harm, since for the heartbeat
to stop for even a moment could lead to serious bodily damage, and
might even prove fatal. Therefore, the electrical system that keeps the
heart working must itself work without interruption.
Scientists investigating its electrical system encouraged some aston-
ishing facts. The heart functions thanks to an ensemble of programmed
and systematic electronic circuits, with a great many interconnections.
This electronic control-and-management system co-operates with a large
number of other organs, from the kidneys to the brain, from the arteries
to the hormonal glands. But who or what causes unconscious cells to
perform such clearly conscious actions?
Who located the pumps inside the heart and in such an ordered
manner?
Who equipped the body with its veins extending from these
pumps?
Who ensures that these pumps work unceasingly?
Who tells each auricle and ventricle when and how much blood to
pump?
Who created the valves in such a manner as to maintain the direc-
tion of blood flow?
Who distinguishes between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
Who made the heart cells able to produce their own energy?