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connections between different body parts. What is interesting is that the material supports of
these connections include not only the nerves, blood vessels, and various joints between organs,
as observed in human anatomy, but also the so-called meridian channels. According to Chinese
medicine, the meridian system connects all parts of human body into a unified whole and con-
stitutes the important channels of communication between the parts; and only when the body is
metabolically alive and forms a whole, the meridian system appears and functions. Otherwise,
the meridian system would disappear. To this end, it is a known fact that as long as a body is
opened for the purpose of observing the ...