tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post4735337309841238962..comments2010-04-15T18:22:15.713-05:00Derichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-15251534295736930942010-04-15T18:22:15.646-05:002010-04-15T18:22:15.646-05:00good thinkingjerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-23921391441505078592009-04-15T15:22:00.000-05:002009-04-15T15:22:00.000-05:00In this article, the author makes a comment about how the phrenic nerves originating at the base of the skull is a poor design. That statement is actually false. The design of the nerve placement is a genius design. Let's say that the phrenic nerves originate lower like the author suggests, perhaps in the thoracolumbar region. If someone were to get injured in that region, where spinal cord injuries most often occur, they would either have trouble breathing or lose the ability to breathe on their own. Take paraplegics or quadriplegics for example; they have all lost use and feeling in their limbs due to spinal cord injuries in the thoracolumbar region but they can all still breathe! If the phrenic nerves were in the same region, they could not. Life is sustained in these people due to this perfect design... I'd even say intelligent design.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com