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Organ Functions and Relationships Flashcards

1
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Dominates the Blood and Vessels

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HT

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2
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Governs Blood and Controls Blood Vessels

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HT

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3
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Motive force for blood circulation

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HT

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4
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Vessels are the physical structures that circulate blood.

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HT

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5
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Mainfests on the face

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HT

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6
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Opens into the tongue

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HT

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7
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Controls sweat

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HT

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8
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Houses the mind

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HT

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9
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If the ______ is weak, one dreams of fires.

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HT

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10
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Dreams of volcanic eruptions

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HT

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11
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If the _____ is in excess, one dreams of laughing

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HT

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12
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If the _______ is deficient, one dreams of mountains, fire and smoke

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HT

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13
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Stores the Blood and regulates the volume in circulation

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LR

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14
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Maintains the free flow of Qi

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LR

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15
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Controls the tendons/sinews and manifests in the nails

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LR

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16
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Opens into the eyes

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LR

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17
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Houses the Ethereal Soul

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LR

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18
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Controls planning

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LR

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19
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If the _____ is in excess, one dreams of being angry

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LR

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20
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If the _____ is deficient, one dreams of fragrant mushrooms

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LR

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21
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Dreams of lying under a tree without being able to get up

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LR

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22
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Governs transportation and transformation

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SP

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23
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Controls Blood

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SP

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24
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Dominates muscles and limbs

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SP

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25
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Opens into the mouth

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SP

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26
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Mainfests on the lips

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SP

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27
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Controls “raising of Qi”

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SP

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28
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Houses thought

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SP

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29
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Root of post-heaven Qi

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SP

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30
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Origin of birth and development

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SP

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31
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If the _____ is deficient, one dreams of being hungry

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SP

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32
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Dreams of building a house

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SP

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33
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If the _____ is in excess, one dreams of singing and being very heavy

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SP

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34
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If the _____ is deficient, one dreams of abysses in the mountains and marshes

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SP

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35
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The canopy

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LU

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36
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Dominates Qi and controls respiration

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LU

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37
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Governs Qi and respiration

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LU

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38
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Regulates water passages

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LU

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39
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Dominates dispersing and descending

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LU

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40
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Dominates skin and hair

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LU

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41
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Opens into the nose

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LU

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42
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Controls channels and blood vessels

A

LU (aids HT)

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43
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Houses the Corporeal soul

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LU

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44
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When _____ are in excess, one dreams of weeping

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LU

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45
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If the ____ is deficient, one dreams of white objects

A

LU

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46
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If the ______ is deficient, one dreams of bloody killings

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LU

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47
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Dreams of battles and war

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LU

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48
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Center of the thorax

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PC

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49
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Houses the Mind

A

PC (like the HT)

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50
Q

Uterus Vessel is related to the ______

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PC

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51
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Coma, delirium, heat

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PC

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52
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House of water and fire (yin and yang)

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KI

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53
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Stores Essence

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KI

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54
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Dominates human reproduction and development

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KI

55
Q

Produces marrow to fill brain

A

KI

56
Q

Dominates water metabolism and reception of Qi

A

KI

57
Q

Dominates bone

A

KI

58
Q

Manufactures blood

A

KI

59
Q

Mainfests in the hair

A

KI

60
Q

Opens into the ear

A

KI

61
Q

Dominates anterior and posterior orifices

A

KI

62
Q

Houses will

A

KI

63
Q

Gate of vitality

A

KI (ming men)

64
Q

Root of Original Qi

A

KI

65
Q

If the _____ is weak, one dreams of swimming after a shipwreck

A

KI

66
Q

Dreams of plunging into water and being scared

A

KI

67
Q

If the ____ is in excess, one dreams that the spine is detached from the body

A

KI

68
Q

If the ____ is weak, one dreams of being immersed in water

A

KI

69
Q

Stores bile and excretes to intestines

A

GB

70
Q

Helps LR maintain free flow of Qi

A

GB

71
Q

Does not receive water or food

A

GB

72
Q

Controls judgement and decisions

A

GB

73
Q

Feels alone in the world

A

GB

74
Q

Controls sinews

A

LR provides Blood; GB provides Qi

75
Q

When ____ is deficient, one dreams of fights, trials and suicide

A

GB

76
Q

Upper outlet for cardia, lower pylorus

A

ST

77
Q

Receives and decomposes food

A

ST

78
Q

Rotting and ripening

A

ST

79
Q

Transportation of food essences

A

ST

80
Q

Controls descending Qi

A

ST

81
Q

Origin of fluids

A

ST

82
Q

When the _____ is deficient, one dreams of having a large meal

A

ST

83
Q

Separates clear from turbid

A

SI

84
Q

Separates fluids

A

SI

85
Q

Controls receiving and transforming

A

SI

86
Q

When one has small intestinal parasites, one will dream of crowds

A

SI

87
Q

When one has long intestinal parasites, one will dream of fights and mutual destruction

A

SI

88
Q

Receives waste from SI

A

LI

89
Q

Absorbs fluids and forms feces

A

LI

90
Q

When the ____ is deficient, one dreams of open fields

A

LI

91
Q

Temporarily stores urine

A

BL

92
Q

Removes water by Qi transformation

A

BL

93
Q

When the ______ is deficient, one dreams of voyages

A

BL

94
Q

Governs various forms of Qi

A

TE

95
Q

Passage for the flow of Yuan Qi and body fluids

A

TE

96
Q

Fog or Mist

A

Upper Jiao/TE

97
Q

Froth of bubbles

A

Middle Jiao/TE

98
Q

Drainage ditch

A

Lower Jiao/TE

99
Q

Passage of water and food

A

TE

100
Q

_____ dominates blood and ______ dominates Qi

A

HT, LU

101
Q

_____ dominates blood and _____ controls blood

A

HT, SP

102
Q

______ dominates blood and ______ stores and regulates blood

A

HT, LR

103
Q

____ dominates fire and ____ dominates water, ascending and descending functions

A

HT, KI

104
Q

____ Yang and ____ Yang descend together to warm ____ Yin and water

A

HT, KI, KI

105
Q

____ Yin and ____ Yin ascend to moisten ____ Yang

A

HT, KI, HT

106
Q

____ dominates blood and ____ stores Essence

A

HT, KI

107
Q

____ dominates transformation and transportation; ____ dominates dispersing and descending

A

SP, LU

108
Q

____ extracts refined essence of food and sends it to ____ to combine with air, forming ____ Qi

A

SP, LU, Gathering/Zong/Ancestral

109
Q

____ Qi descends and ____ Qi ascends to maintain harmonious function of vital activities

A

LU, LR

110
Q

____ governs Qi and ____ regulates and stores blood

A

LU, LR

111
Q

____ dominates respiration and ____ dominates reception of Qi

A

LU, KI

112
Q

____ dominates transformation and transportation and ____ regulates free flow of Qi and ensures smooth flow of bile

A

SP, LR

113
Q

____ stores blood and ____ controls blood

A

LR, SP

114
Q

____ is acquired/postnatal/post heaven Qi and ____ is congenital/prenatal/preheaven Qi

A

SP, KI

115
Q

____ stores blood and ____ stores Essence

A

LR, KI

116
Q

Excess fire of the ____ channel may transmit pathogenic heat to the ____

A

HT, SI

117
Q

The ____ stores and excretes bile, which depends on the ____’s smooth flow of Qi

A

GB, LR

118
Q

____ dominates transformation and transportation, while ____ dominates reception

A

SP, ST

119
Q

____ Qi descends, but if ____ is obstructed by stasis, it prevents that Qi from descending

A

LU, LI

120
Q

____ Qi assists ___ in metabolizing fluids

A

KI, BL

121
Q

Stores pure fluid (bile), one of the Fu organs, does not recieve food or water

A

GB

122
Q

Sea of Marrow

A

Brain

123
Q

Relates to HT blood and KI essence

A

Brain

124
Q

Controls touch, memory, concentration, sight, hearing, smelling, intelligence

A

Brain

125
Q

Tissue related to KI

A

Bone

126
Q

Stores marrow

A

Bone

127
Q

Common matrix of bone marrow and brain

A

Marrow

128
Q

Produced by KI essence

A

Marrow

129
Q

Contain blood related to KI essence

A

Blood Vessels

130
Q

Regulates menses, conception, pregnancy

A

Uterus

131
Q

Role of Essence (4)

A

Growth, reproduction, development
Source of KI Qi
Produces Marrow
Source of constitutional strength

132
Q

Years in women’s cycle

A

7

133
Q

Years in men’s cycle

A

8

134
Q
A

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