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Three Hand Yang meridians in the head and their corresponding arteries
| Meridian | Text & artery | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 手陽明 | 其支者 | 從缺盆上頸 | 貫頰 | 入下齒中 | 還出挾口 | 交人中 左之右 右之左 | 上挾鼻孔 |
| Hand Yangming | Branch | ECA | FA | ILA | ILA–SLA | SLA | FA, NSbr |
| 手太陽 | 其支者 | 從缺盆循頸 | 上頰 | 至目銳眥 | 却入耳中 | ||
| Hand Taiyang | 1st Branch | ECA | STA | ZOA | AAA | ||
| 其支者 | 別頰上䪼 | 抵鼻 | 至目內眥 | 斜絡於顴 | |||
| 2nd Branch | TFA | TFA | TFA | TFA | |||
| 手少陽 | 其支者 | 從膻中上出缺盆 | 上項 | 系耳後 | 直上出耳上角 | 以屈下頰 | 至䪼 |
| Hand Shaoyang | 1st Branch | ECA | PAA | PAA | PAA | PAA-STA | TFA |
| 其支者 | 從耳後入耳中 | 出走耳前 | 過客主人前 | 交頰 | 至目銳眥 | ||
| 2nd Branch | PAA | AAA | ZOA | ZOA | ZOA | ||
The original texts of the three Hand Yang meridians in the head, as included in “Jing mai” chapter of “Ling shu”, part of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon are provided, with the respective arteries associated with each original text listed below. ECA : external carotid artery, FA : facial artery, ILA : inferior labial artery, SLA : superior labial artery, NSbr : nasal septal branch of the superior labial artery, STA : superficial temporal artery, ZOA : zygomatico-orbital artery, AAA : anterior auricular artery, TFA : transverse facial artery, PAA : posterior auricular artery.