§55.
5.
Αἱ περὶ τὰς πλευρὰς κατατείνουσαι κάτωθέν εἰσιν ἑκάστης τῶν πλευρέων, οὐ πρὸς κεφαλῆς, κατωτέρω δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ ἀρτηρίης.
Those extending along the ribs are below each of the ribs, not toward the head, but lower down and from the aorta.
Ἀρτηρίη μὲν οὖν εἶθ’ ὑποῤῥεύσασα διαδιδοῖ τῇσι πλευρῇσι· ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς παχείης ἀπὸ καρδίης παλινδρομέει μία ἐς τὰ ἀριστερὰ ἐγκεκλιμένη, Ἔπειτα ἡ μὲν διὰ μέσων σπονδύλων μέχρις ἄκρων πλευρέων πορεύεται, πλευρῇσιν οὐκ ἐξ ἴσου διαδιδοῦσα τῇσι δεξιῇσι [καὶ] τῇσιν ἀριστερῇσι διασχίδας· ἄλλη ἴσας μὲν, ἀνωτέρωθεν δὲ ἐν τοῖσι δεξιοῖσιν ἀποσχίζεται.
The aorta then, flowing underneath, distributes to the ribs; and from the thick one from the heart, one runs backward, inclining to the left. Then one goes through the middle of the vertebrae as far as the ends of the ribs, distributing branches not equally to the right and left ribs; another branches off higher up on the right side, distributing equally.
§66.
6.
Παρὰ δὲ κληβδος ἑκατέρης τῶν φλεβῶν δύο μὲν ἄνω, δύο δὲ ὑπὸ τὸ στῆθος, αἱ μὲν ἐς δεξιὰ, αἱ δὲ ἐς ἀριστερὰ ἀπεσχίσθησαν ἀποσχίδες, πρὸς αὐχένος μὲν μᾶλλον αὗται· δύο δὲ πρὸς καρδίην μᾶλλον, αἱ μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιὰ, αἱ δὲ ἐπ’ ἀριστερά· ἀφ’ ἑκατέρης παρὰ τὰς πλευράς· καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτέων ὥσπερ αἱ κάτω ἐσχίζοντο, μέχρις ὅτου ξυνέμιξαν τῇ κάτω παλινδρομησάσῃ ἀπὸ καρδίης.
And by each clavicle, from the vessels, two upwards and two under the chest, some to the right and some to the left, were split off as branches, these being more toward the neck; and two more toward the heart, some to the right and some to the left, from each along the ribs; and from these, just as the lower ones were split, until they joined with the lower one that ran backward from the heart.
§77.
7.
Ἡ δὲ αἱμόῤῥους ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρτηρίης ταύτης διὰ τοῦτο ἐσχίσθη, ὅτι μετέωρος ἐνταῦθά ἐστι διὰ καρδίης πορευομένη.
The blood-carrying vessel from this aorta was split for this reason, because it is elevated there, passing through the heart.
Τὰ δὲ κάτω πλευρέων, ἡ αἱμόῤῥους ἡ παχείη καλεομένη φλὲψ τοῖσι σφονδύλοισιν αὖθις ἐφ’ ἑωυτῆς διαδιδοϊ, καὶ ἐνταῦθα προσέχεται, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι κρέμαται ὥσπερ ἄνω δι’ ἥπατος ἰοῦσα.
Below the ribs, the thick blood-carrying vessel, called the vein, distributes again along the vertebrae on its own, and there it is held close, and no longer hangs suspended as it does above, passing through the liver.
Ἔστι δὲ κατὰ μὲν ὀσφὺν ἄνω ἡ ἀρτηρίη, ὑποκάτω δὲ ἡ αἱμόῤῥους ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἥπατος διὰ φρενῶν ἐλθοῦσα μετέωρος, παρὰ τὰ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ τῆς καρδίης φέρεται ἄχρι κληΐδων, ἁπλῆ, πλὴν ὅσον αὐτῇ τῇ καρδίῃ κοινωνέει.
In the loins, the aorta is above, and below is the blood-carrying vessel that came from the liver through the diaphragm, elevated, carried along the right side of the heart as far as the clavicles, single, except in so far as it communicates with the heart itself.
Τὰ μὲν κατ’ αὐτὴν σχιζόμενα ἐπιπολαιότερα, τὰ δὲ τὴν κοιλίην τῆς καρδίης διέχοντα, ἔπειτα ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίης τὸ ἐπ’ ἀριστερὰ κάθηται ἁπλῆ πρὸς ῥάχιν, ἣ παλινδρομέει ἐς μὲν τὸ ἄνω τοῦ σώματος ἄχρι τῶν ἀνωτάτω πλευρέων· καὶ ἀποσχίδας ἀφ’ ἑαυτῆς ἔχει παρ’ ἑκάστην πλευρὴν παρατεταμένας κατὰ φύσιν ἄχρι στήθεος συνοκωχῆς καὶ ἐπ’ ἀριστερὰ καὶ ἐπὶ δεξιά· καὶ τὸ ἰθὺ αὐτέης πρὸς σφονδύλων μᾶλλόν ἐστιν ἢ ὁ τῆς ἀρτηρίης τόνος καὶ ὁ τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἥπατος φλεβός.
The parts splitting off along it are more superficial, while those passing through the cavity of the heart, then from the heart the one on the left lies single against the spine, which runs backward to the upper part of the body as far as the highest ribs; and it has branches from itself extended along each rib according to nature as far as the junction of the chest, both to the left and to the right; and its straight course is more toward the vertebrae than the cord of the aorta and that of the vessel from the liver.
Πρὸς δὲ τὸ κάτω μέρος τῆς καρδίης ὁ μὲν ἰθὺς τόνος ἀπ’ αὐτέης πρὸς σφονδύλων μᾶλλόν ἐστιν ἢ ὁ τῆς ἀρτηρίης, ὁ δεύτερος ὁ παρὰ καρδίην, καὶ ἐς τὰ κάτω μέρη φρενῶν ἐτράπετο, τὰ πρὸς ῥάχιος ἠρτημένα· ἐντεῦθεν δὲ ἀπόσχιδες ἐς ἰθὺ ἕκασται ἐπιφέρονται, δι’ ὀστέων καὶ σαρκῶν περαιωθεῖσαι ἀλλήλαις.
Toward the lower part of the heart, its straight cord is more toward the vertebrae than that of the aorta, the second one past the heart, and it turned to the lower parts of the diaphragm, those suspended from the spine; and from there the branches are brought straight down, passing through bones and flesh to one another.
§88.
8.
Αἱ φλέβες δὲ αἱ παχεῖαι ὧδε πεφύκασιν· ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ παρὰ τὴν ὀφρὺν, διὰ τοῦ νώτου παρὰ τὸν πλεύμονα ὑπὸ τοῦ στήθεος· ἡ μὲν ἐκ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ἐς τὸ ἀριστερὸν, ἡ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἐς τὸ δεξιόν.
The thick vessels are naturally formed thus: from the eye along the eyebrow, through the back along the lung under the chest; the one from the right to the left, and the one from the left to the right.
Ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐκ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ διὰ τοῦ ἥπατος ἐς τὸν νεφρὸν καὶ τὸν ὄρχιν, ἡ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ἐς τὸν σπλῆνα καὶ νεφρὸν καὶ ὄρχιν· ταύτῃσι δὲ τὸ στόμα αἰδοῖον.
Therefore, the one from the left goes through the liver to the kidney and the testicle, and the one from the right to the spleen, kidney, and testicle; and for these, the privy part is the opening.
Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ δεξιοῦ τιτθοῦ ἐς τὸ ἀριστερὸν ἰσχίον καὶ ἐς τὸ σκέλος· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἐς τὰ δεξιά.
And from the right breast to the left hip and to the leg; and from the left to the right.
Ὁ δὲ ὀφθαλμὸς ὁ δεξιὸς ἐκ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ καὶ ὁ ὄρχις, κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἐκ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ὁ ἀριστερός.
The right eye is from the left, and the right testicle in the same manner; and from the right, the left.