Without the interconnecting pathways of the meridians and collaterals, each of the zang-fu organs would become an isolated and static organ and unable to perform its functional activities.

没有经络这一联系通道，脏腑就会变得孤立静止，不能执行其功能活动。

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Neuroplasticity has replaced the formerly-held position that the brain is a physiologically static organ, and explores how the brain changes throughout life.

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