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24Basic Theories - Viscera and BowelsCode Term Chinese Definition/Descriptionextraordinary because their morphological andphysiological properties are different from the ordinarybowels and viscera1.3.26 brain 腦one of the extraordinary organs enclosed within theskull where the marrow converges, and the spirit,mental activities as well as thinking take place1.3.27house of the originalspirit元 神 之 府another name for the brain,being the source ofmental activities1.3.28 sea of marrow 髓 海1.3.29 marrow 髓1.3.30 bone 骨another name for the brain, being where the marrowassemblesan extraordinary organ including bone marrow andspinal marrow, both of which are nourished by thekidney essenceone of the extraordinary organs that forms theframework of the body, protects the internal organsand facilitates movement1.3.31 vessel 脈 the conduit through which qi and blood pass1.3.32 placenta 胞one of the extraordinary organs lining the uterusduring pregnancy by which the fetus is nourished, andfrom which it is expelled at birth1.3.33 uterus胞 ; 胞 宮 ;女 子 胞(in women) organ in which offspring is carried andnourished while it develops before birth1.3.34 blood chamber 血 室 another name for the uterus1.3.35 vagina 陰 道1.3.36 heart blood 心 血1.3.37 heart yin 心 陰1.3.38 heart yang 心 陽genital canal in the female, leading from the uterusto the vulvathe blood governed by the heart, which flows all overthe body, particularly that part of blood serving asthe basis for the physiological activities of the heart,including mental activitiesyin essence of the heart, the opposite of heart yang, thequiescent and moistening aspect of heart functionyang qi of the heart, which stimulates the activities ofthe heart and mind, and has a warming action