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At times of danger, your body declares a state of emergency, and your
adrenal glands secrete the hormone adrenalin. Adrenalin molecules
carried by the bloodstream mean different things to every organ: Going
to the veins, this molecule expands them. When it goes to the heart, it
accelerates the contraction of the heart muscle. When adrenalin mole-
cules reach muscle cells, they enable them to contract more powerful-
ly. At the liver, they command cells to release more sugar into the
blood, providing the muscles with the extra fuel they need. This activi-
ty by the adrenalin requires considerable intellect, knowledge and abil-
ity. All these are definitive proofs that Allah has created every molecule
in your body and that throughout your The heart cell
life, they act under His will and control.

Adrenalin gland
Adrenalin
molecules

Adrenalin

Kidney

The physicist and biologist Professor
Gerald L. Schroeder, has written: Liver cell
But nature is clever, somehow filled
with wisdom. Thousands of receptor
and transporter molecules, special pro-
teins, penetrate the wall, determining
what can and cannot pass. Muscle cells and
especially muscle cells of the heart have large numbers of receptors
created to pass adrenaline, a stimulant hormone that greatly increases
a muscle's energy production. Taken up by the heart muscles, the beat
increases dramatically, pumping oxygen-rich blood to power-hungry
muscles in arms and legs.

(Gerald L. Schroeder, How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth, New York: The Free Press,
2001, p. 64.)

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