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    A Peek At the Acme of God’s Creation
    A Peek At the Acme of God’s Creation
    A Peek At the Acme of God’s Creation
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    A Peek At the Acme of God’s Creation

    By Daniel Zimmermann

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    God deserves the credit that the title of this article expresses. He not only created the human body, but He certainly must have helped me when I wrote these articles. The explanations are exceptionally lucid, so much so that I myself am amazed as I proofread them.
    The first section studies a few bones of the body: the bones of the cranium, the bones of the hands and wrist, and the bones of the foot, with a special article on the calcaneus.
    The second section contains a single article: “A Journey through a Nephron.” The third section studies a few important physiological substances: hormones, lipids, amino acids, and hyaline cartilage. The fourth section studies a few cellular phenomena. The final section contains a single article entitled “A Hypothesis on the Formation of Junk DNA.” Admittedly, I cannot appeal to any authority, either religious or scientific, to support this hypothesis. It is my own brainchild, born of mature reflection. Moreover, it cannot be proved or disproved.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateAug 10, 2019
    ISBN9780359844654
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      A Peek At the Acme of God’s Creation - Daniel Zimmermann

      A Peek At the Acme of God’s Creation

      A Peek at the Acme of God’s Creation

      By Daniel Zimmermann

      A Peek at a Few Bones

      Structures that Protect the Brain

      One of the most important gifts that the Lord gave to mankind at creation was his brain. It not only enables us to think, but also controls our movements and is intimately involved in all our emotions.

      Since the brain is such an important structure, the Lord provided it with ample protection. He covered it with a cranium and three meninges and protected it in other ways as well.

      Cranium: Frontal Bone

      Let us first distinguish between the skull and the cranium. The skull consists of all the bones of the head. The cranium is the part of the skull that surrounds the brain, not only on the top and the sides, but also underneath.

      The anterior (front) portion of your brain is protected by the frontal bone. This is the bone of your forehead. In fact, one of the meanings of the Latin word frons is forehead.

      It takes a while for the frontal bone to develop. It is membranous at birth. Then two bones develop, one on the right part of the forehead and the other on the left. These two bones are connected by the frontal suture, which is made of connective tissue. The two bones usually become fused as a person matures.

      The frontal bone forms part of your nasal cavity and the upper portion of your orbits (eye sockets). Two sinuses located in the frontal bones drain into the nasal cavity.

      Cranium: Occipital Bone

      The Latin word occipitium means the back of the head. Accordingly, your occipital bone protects the lower portion of the back of your brain. It articulates with the atlas, the uppermost bone in your vertebral column. There is a hole in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord connects with the brain.

      Cranium: Parietal Bones

      The Latin word paries means wall, but it would be better to call the parietal bones a ceiling, since they protect the top part of the brain. Actually, however, the name is appropriate because the parietal bones extend partway down the side of your head, and they cover a considerable portion of the back of your head before they meet with the occipital bone. So they do form a pretty good wall on three sides of your head.

      They meet the frontal bone on the top of your head. The most conspicuous soft spot on a baby’s head occurs at the place where the parietal bones meet the frontal bone. This is called the anterior fontanel.

      There is one parietal bone on the right side of your cranium and one on the left. They meet in the middle.

      Cranium: Temporal Bones

      One of the meanings of the Latin word tempus is the temple, the parts of the head between your forehead and your ears. Accordingly, the two temporal bones protect the lower portions of the sides of the brain. They articulate with the frontal, parietal, and occipital bones. They also articulate with the sphenoid (discussed below) and a couple of facial bones.

      Your middle ears, inner ears, and part of your outer ears are embedded in your temporal bones.

      The temporal bone has a process that unites with a similar process of the malar bone (cheekbone). Together, these two processes form the zygomatic arch.

      Cranium: The Sphenoid Bone

      The sphenoid bone underlies the brain. It occupies a considerable portion of the base of the cranium.

      The Greek word sphen means wedge. So the sphenoid bone resembles a wedge in one way or another. Webster tells us that this bone

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