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| 其支者：从巅至耳上角。 |
A branch arises from the vertex, runs to the temple.
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| 其直者：从巅入络脑，还出别下项 ，循肩膊，挟脊抵腰中，入循膂，络肾，属膀胱。 |
The straight portion of the meridian enters and communicates with the brain from the vertex. It comes out and bifurcates to descend along the posterior aspect of the neck. and then downward along the medial aspect of the scapula region and paralleled to the vertebral column. It reaches the lumber region where it enters the body cavity via the paravertebral muscle to connect with the kidney and join its pertaining organ, the urinary bladder.医.学.全.在.线www.med126.com
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| 其支者：从腰中，下挟脊，贯臀，入腘中。 |
The branch of the lumbar region descends through the gluteal region and ends in the popliteal fossa.
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其支者：从膊内左右别下贯胛，挟脊内，过髀枢，循脾外后廉下合腘中——以下贯踹内，出外踝之后，循京骨 至小指外侧。
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The branch from the posterior aspect of the neck runs straight downward along the medial border of the scapula, passes through the gluteal region and downward along the lateral aspect of the thigh, to meet the preceding branch descending from the lumbar region in the popliteal fossa, then descends through the gastrocnemius muscle to the posterior aspect of the external malleolus, then runs along the tuberosity of the external metatarsal bone, and reaches the lateral side of the tip of the little toe. | |||||
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《灵枢·经脉》：膀胱足太阳之脉，起于目内眦，上额，交巅。 