Wondrously Woven

This is a very superficial explanation of the Frank-Starling Law (FSL) as it relates to the heart. You can find more information by doing a simple internet search. Not many people have heard of the Frank-Starling Law. Or if they have, they’ve probably forgotten it. That’s too bad, because the Law speaks a lot for sudden and special creation vs. evolutionary change. The FSL recognizes that when certain muscle fibers are stretched, they recoil in proportion to their stretch. Think of a rubber band. Stretch it in you hands a few inches and let it go. It recoils only a little bit. Stretch it as far as you can without breaking it, and it snaps back hard enough to sting your fingers. The FSL depends on an extraordinarily complex interaction of calcium and other electrolytes with specially designed muscle fibers. Without even one of the dozen or so critical elements responsible for muscle fiber recoil, the entire Law falls apart. That is an important point. Cardiac muscle fibe