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processes associated with it.
LHRH, which begins being secreted more frequently when the right
time comes, reaches the pituitary gland—the second stage in this chain of
command. As soon as the pituitary gland receives this order, it secretes an-
other hormone known as Lynchford, which issues an instruction for produc-
tion of the male reproductive glands, the testes, to begin.
Why does it take years for all these processes to start up? And how is
the timing of this mechanism determined? The answers to these questions
remain a mystery to the world of science. Yet this system, whose secrets
have still to be unraveled, has been functioning in the human body since
our Almighty Lord first created it.
When LH reaches the testes by way of the bloodstream, the cells there
start producing the hormone testosterone. The cells that manufacture the
chemical formula of testosterone literally know that it is time for the body
to assume a male appearance instead of
a child-like one. That is because
the testosterone they pro-
duce will turn a develop-
ing child into an adult
male (Figures 70
and71).
It is certainly
astonishing that
unconscious cells
should do all this.
The resulting mol-
ecule literally
knows the charac-
teristics of a male
body and directs tril-
lions of cells so that
they alter the juvenile
body's shape.

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