Distribution of Mast Cells and Locations, Depths, and Sizes of the Putative Acupoints CV 8 and KI 16

Table 2

Locations, depths, and sizes of the putative acupoints CV 8 and KI 16.

		CV 8			Right KI 16			Left KI 16			Right NHP			Left NHP
		1	8/26	+114	250	283/117	416	177	208/113	443	88	245/119	964	133	233/105	883	164	293/118
2	8/25	−50	182	152/117	783	113	233/96	712	79	154/115	1467	383	258/115	1430	85	163/163
3	8/25	+17	25	128/67	450	129	203/89	550	194	167/100	1190	325	207/99	1767	258	144/128
4	8/26	+175	50	195/85	588	183	165/165	683	283	143/80	1523	250	218/119	1126	300	236/77
5	8/26	−67	133	133/83	356	64	180/82	318	137	90/86	922	112	149/111	1393	58	123/114
6	8/27	+50	317	228/98	483	233	275/163	580	67	220/179	1445	70	285/132	1617	233	250/202
7	8/24	+25	153	238/92	673	222	175/76	771	219	254/133	1634	171	174/132	1445	219	320/222
8	8/27	−44	290	116/60	888	220	83/83	738	111	137/73	1206	102	130/101	1208	109	265/187
9	8/26	−67	290	105/94	525	233	100/83	209	62	142/90	1188	112	208/99	939	56	183/110
10	8/24	+100	246	88/87	256	60	167/133	650	117	179/95	783	167	230/123	1251	200	214/102
Average	8/25.6	70.9	193.6	157.9/90	541.8	163.4	178.9/108.3	565.4	135.7	173.1/107	1232.2	182.5	209.2/113.6	1305.9	168.2	219.1/142.3
SD	0/1.0	44.9	97.0	62.1/17.5	184.8	64.2	54.2/32.2	178.4	69.7	49.4/29.8	268.5	98.5	45.1/12.1	266.5	82.7	61.9/45.7

= mouse number; = age (week)/weight (g).
= distance from the navel (μm) in CV 8; = distance from CV 8 to KI 16 acupoints and NHPs, respectively.
= depth from the epidermis (μm).
= long axis/short axis of the covering ellipse (μm).