The Organ You Don’t Have Any More

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You used to have an organ that was vital to your existence—and now you don’t, but you’re still alive! Okay, what do I mean?

We’re finishing up our wonders of the body series with an organ from before you were born: the placenta. Your first organ functioned as your lungs, kidneys, liver, digestive tract, and immune system. Immediately after birth, changes cascaded through your body, and you started functioning perfectly without it.

When the placenta detaches, a huge wound is left that would kill her—if her arteries didn’t have precisely placed muscles to quickly seal them off!

Our bodies are masterpieces, pointing to the Creator—so we’re “without excuse.”

Dig Deeper

• The Placenta
• Does Placental Death Violate the Principle of “No Death Before Sin”?