title: [Anatomical visibility of the meridian information channels].
abstract: The "structure imperfectness of signal channel rule" put forward by the author of the present paper may provide a theoretical evidence for the systematicness of meridian information channel. The conclusion that no special structure of the meridian-collateral system has been found is likely to serve as a piece of counterevidence. According to the latest structural view, the development of capillaries, lymphatic vessels and nerves needs target cells-released inducible factors. In the initial phase of the development of the organism, the asymmetry of the interspaces among cells results in the production and arrangement imbalance of the sequential factors which make the capillaries, lymphatic vessels and nerves distribute sequentially in time and space. Meridian-collateral, following the "systemic statistic distribution rule", is a general expression of this distribution pattern. As a systematic structure, the meridian-collateral system distributes in an optimized way in the human body and has both orderly and compatible characteristics. The author thinks that the meridian-collateral information channel is anatomically visible in the time and spatial structure, and in its logical structure and compatibility during the process of growth. Hence, many techniques of delicate anatomy, quantitative anatomy, growth anatomy, comparative anatomy, tridimensional remodeling of living creature and dynamical remodeling of growth all should be used as the important tools for studying the meridian information channel. The theory and the anatomical techniques determine what you would finally find.
authors.affiliation: School of Information and Communication Engineering, Middle-North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China. changxl@126.com
authors.forename: Xi-lang
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000717:Anatomy, Comparative; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D042601:Lymphatic Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D016740:Meridians; D009420:Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D015398:Signal Transduction