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The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

How can they reg u late this vital bal ance, with no error
being made? These ques tions once again lead us to
Allah's cre a tive art ist ry and knowl edge. This flaw less
sys tem, pos sessed by every one of your body's tril lions of
cells, has been cre at ed by Allah, the Omniscient.

Endocytosis: The Transport of Large Molecules
into the Cell
In order for a cell to sur vive and grow, it needs to take
into itself liq uid, nutri ents and cer tain sub stan ces from its
sur round ings. In order for large par ti cles to be taken
inside the cell, a spe cial meth od known as endo cy to sis is

Cytoplasm

Nucleus
Cell
membrane

Nucleus
2 μm
Lysosome dissolving and
binding with the vacuole
Vacuole

Substances unable to pass directly through the cell membrane are taken
into the cell in small sacs. The diagram shows an erythrocyte taking a
bacterium into the cell, and the lysosome fragmenting the bacterium. The
sacs employed during this method, known as pinocytosis, are very small,
their diameters generally 100 to 200 nanometers. Such an important func-
tion is flawlessly discharged, at a dimension only visible under an elec-
tron microscope—just one of the proofs of our Lord's superior Creation.

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