Tag: Continuing Series
In Conclusion: An Overview of the Body’s Amazing, Irreducibly Complex Systems
Look at yourself in the mirror and wonder at an awesome mystery.
Central Command: The Brain’s Role in Maintaining Balance
Using our brain to try to figure out how our brain works is a mystery.
How the Body Deals with Gravity
The human body is an inherently unstable object that needs to take control to stay balanced.
When You Don’t Have Time to Think: Reflexes
A reflex is an involuntary, pre-programmed, automatic motor response.
A Sense of Balance: Understanding the Vestibular Apparatus
Common sense teaches that without this special sense our earliest ancestors could never have survived.
Can You Hear Me Now? Good, Then Thank Your Irreducibly Complex Ears
Hearing is a mystery that nobody, not even evolutionary biologists, understands.
The Mystery of Vision
Without the right refractive power or eyeball diameter our earliest ancestors would have been as blind as bats.
The Neuromuscular System: Your Body’s Balancing Act
Let’s look at some of the ways the body acquires the information it needs about its external and internal environment.
Muscles and Nervous System: Keeping the Body Moving
To be able to sit and read this paragraph, your body must perform several actions all at once.
In Female Sexual Function, Irreducible Complexity and Natural Survival Capacity
I’ve already explained that the embryo is destined to become female unless chemicals swing into action to make it become a normal male.