Yet what is little know in YEC circles is that death plays a big role in the creation of a human. In order to understand this we need to look at how cells die. Clark describes this type of cellular death. The lack of oxygen causes the mitochondria, the cells energy generators, to shut down. Finding the power source dimming, the cell kicks in back up systems which burn emergency stores of starch and fat and maybe even protein.
Messages pile up all over the cell as instructions are ignored.
As all sources of energy run out, metabolic stillness comes over the cell. The last crucial system to cease are the pumps that man the cell walls. The pumps at the cell wall which keep potassium in and water and calcium out of the cell finally fall silent. The calcium rushes in and distorts the mitochondrea. Next water pours through the cell wall in untold quantities, placing a huge pressure on the outer cell wall.