Our sense organs 45

More documents

Recommendations

Info

municate, to evaluate, and to be creative and inventive. Between the brain stem and the cortex are various structures which play a major part in the regulation of such things as body temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, blood sugar and electrolyte levels, among others. The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland play an important role in this system. The former can be regarded as the “brain” of the brain. The size of a pea and weighing only about four grams, it is the most complex and amazing part of the brain. It controls eating, drinking, sleeping, alertness, body temperature, the equilibrium of many physiological processes, pulse rate, hormones, and sexuality. It also controls the most important gland in the brain, namely the pituitary gland, by means of a combination of electrical and chemical messages. The pituitary in turn controls many body functions through hormones, which are chemical substances carried by the blood to specific target cells. The targets of the pituitary’s hormones are often other hormone-secreting glands (e.g. the thyroid and adrenal glands). The pituitary acts somewhat like a hormone symphony conductor, regulating the ’instruments’ which regulate other functions. Information storage: At the cellular level, there are basically two kinds of information storage. One type is the unimaginably large quantity of genetic information contained in the DNA molecules of all cells. The second kind of storage takes place in the brain, which also involves an enormous amount of information. In the first of these, the amount of (genetic) information is fixed at conception. The second type occurs through experience and learning. Each of us acquires an ever-increasing amount of mentally stored information throughout our lifetime. Every person’s uniqueness is not least to do with their mind, in which the memories, events and experiences of a lifetime are stored. <strong>Our</strong> ability to learn, which varies between individuals, obviously depends on properties of the complex cerebral network. These properties themselves are undoubtedly determined to a great extent by our genes. 84 The entire vocabulary of all languages we have mastered, as well as their complete grammatical structures, are stored in our brain, enabling us to freely and flexibly use language. The storage of visual images is unique in the way these memories may be recalled clearly at any time. An important additional aspect of that which makes us human is our ability to imagine and to fantasise, both of which somehow involve the brain. Memory/Mind: Memory is the ability to store and recall mental information. Without this processing ability, we could neither see, nor hear, nor think. We would not be able to express our feelings in language, nor would we be aware of our personal identity. We would be intellectually dead biological machines. An adult knows the meaning of between 20,000 and 100,000 words, which could be appreciably more if he/she has some knowledge of foreign languages. Living in society requires familiarity with many common customs – how to negotiate city traffic, how to buy and sell, how to use a telephone, and how to check in at a hotel. In addition, we have at our disposal a considerable amount of specialised knowledge gained during education, and in our professional life. During leisure times we occupy ourselves with various hobbies and recreational activities. All this information is at our mental beck and call. Consider the task of trying to construct a similar source of knowledge, just as comprehensive and able to be accessed with the same blindingly fast precision. We begin to catch a mere glimpse of just how amazing and fascinating our mind really is. Just consider the following questions: Did Archimedes have hands? Did Harrison Ford participate in the Boer War? What was Bach’s telephone number? If our brain were merely a computer system with a large hard disk that could only access a store of previously learned information, then the above three questions could only be answered with “I don’t know”. But we possess the crucial (and underrated) ability of deductive thought (see also the chapter “Like God, we can think”).
Horizontal section through the brain (cerebrum and cerebellum). The plane of section is shown in the inset (b). b) Fornix Grey matter of the cerebral cortex White matter of the medulla Corpus callosum Geniculate body Thalamus Optic chiasma Optic radiation Pineal gland Lamina quadrigemina Third ventricle Posterior horn of the lateral ventricle Auditory radiation Claustrum Lentiform nucleus Globus pallidus Head of the caudate nucleus Anterior horn of the lateral ventricle 85
Page 4 and 5:
1 st English edition 1999 2 nd Expa
Page 6 and 7:
Contents Foreword .................
Page 8 and 9:
Foreword What would you expect from
Page 10 and 11:
Part 1: Man - an ingenious construc
Page 13 and 14:
The eye - our window to the outside
Page 15 and 16:
the inside of the eyeball. It conta
Page 17 and 18:
➨ ➨ ➨ not mean that we can se
Page 19:
eyes. There will be no more death o
Page 22 and 23:
Malleus Head Long (lateral) process
Page 24 and 25:
amplitudes. The pressure exerted by
Page 26 and 27:
Whispering 25 Spacious office 50 Mo
Page 28 and 29:
less viscous liquid, called the per
Page 30 and 31:
The sense of smell - beyond words F
Page 32 and 33:
finest detail, using plenty of imag
Page 35 and 36: The sense of taste - not just for c
Page 37: self will serve believers as his gu
Page 40 and 41: A section of human skin. The layers
Page 42: 3 In addition to sweat, the skin al
Page 46 and 47: Heaven: a) Heaven is a place where
Page 49 and 50: The heart - more than a high-tech p
Page 51 and 52: from the heart via the arteries. Th
Page 53 and 54: Foetal circulatory system. Neonatal
Page 55: “shunted on a siding” as far as
Page 58 and 59: 6 Transportation of hormones: The b
Page 60 and 61: One cell contains 32 pg (1 picogram
Page 62 and 63: each case. We can only stand amazed
Page 64 and 65: The Bible and blood: Having explore
Page 67 and 68: The kidneys - marvels of filtration
Page 69: ➡ ment, followed by the thin loop
Page 72 and 73: The cells - our body’s 100 millio
Page 75 and 76: DNA - information storage technolog
Page 77 and 78: total anatomy and physiology of a h
Page 79: The structure of the DNA molecule:
Page 82 and 83: Neurons are the building blocks of
Page 86 and 87: Motor cortex - body movements The
Page 88 and 89: The fact that Archimedes had hands
Page 91 and 92: Body, soul, and spirit - man is mor
Page 93 and 94: a) A small cube lies in the corner
Page 95 and 96: MAN’S STRUCTURE Monism Dualism Tr
Page 97 and 98: explained in terms of a technologic
Page 99 and 100: What is man? Having learned of the
Page 101 and 102: Genesis 1:28: “God blessed them a
Page 103 and 104: TEKEL, PARSIN. This is what these w
Page 105 and 106: with Abraham (Gen 15:7-21, 17:3-14)
Page 107 and 108: Does God also have sense organs? We
Page 109 and 110: 109
Page 111 and 112: Every person - known to God? Job sa
Page 113 and 114: - a distorted image evolutionary th
Page 115 and 116: A very special man: Jesus Today man
Page 117 and 118: 117
Page 119 and 120: All unbelief is sin, as we read in
Page 121 and 122: water here will soon be death’s p
Page 123 and 124: single set yet constructed, Cameron
Page 125 and 126: en, but only he who does the will o
Page 127 and 128: engines and at 7.16 metres diameter
Page 129 and 130: Personal testimonies: Jesus found t
Page 131 and 132: friends whom I could consult. The b
Page 133 and 134: 133
Page 135 and 136:
Getting your name in the “Book of
Page 137 and 138:
sheep... I am the good shepherd; I
Page 139 and 140:
to make sure that the entire Word o
Page 141 and 142:
Beloved of God Today many people al
Page 143 and 144:
Man in heaven: sharing the glory of
Page 145 and 146:
On the third of June 1998, possibly
Page 147 and 148:
something special. The first night
Page 149 and 150:
The Empress Elisabeth of Austria, b
Page 151 and 152:
Jesus prays to His Father in John 1
Page 153 and 154:
153
Page 155 and 156:
© Copyrights and acknowledgements:
Page 157:
157
show all

Our sense organs 45

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?