中医英语针灸英语翻译学习:经脉 Meridian

经，有路径的含义，经脉贯通上下，沟通内外，是经络系统中的主干.经脉包括十二经脉和奇经八脉，以及附属于十二经脉的十二经别、十二经筋、十二皮部。

The mainly refer to the paths of main trunks which run up and down, interiorly and exteriorly within the body.The meridians include the Twelve Regular Meridians,the Eight Extra Meridians and those subordinate to the Twelve Regular Meridians,the Twelve Divergent Meridians,the Twelve Muscle Regions and the Twelve Cutaneous Regions.