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 络，有网络的含义，络脉是经脉别出的分支，较经脉细小，纵横交错，遍布全身。《灵枢·脉度》说：“经脉为里，支而横者为络，络之别者为孙。”络脉有十五络脉、浮络、孙络等。
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The branches of meridians are called collaterals which imply the networks, thinner and smaller than meridians, run crisscrossly over the body. The chapter, Discussion on the Measurement of Meridians(Chapter 17)in Miraculous Pivot says: "The meridians are internal trunks, its transversing branches are collaterals, the subdivisions of collaterals are minute collaterals."The collaterals consists of the Fifteen Collaterals,the Superficial Collaterals,and the Minute Collaterals.
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