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These srotasa can be further divided into three subgroups for ease of understanding:
<ol type="a"><li>Three intake channels or channels leading to the interior: Annavaha, pranavaha & udakavaha srotasa. These act as channels for the ingestion and transportation of solids (food), liquid & gases on a broader account. Hence, these will be considered as digestive, respiratory and electrolyte balancing systems. These channels form the main links of the body's internal environment with the external environment. Further, these channels are more prone to disorders, as they serve as the first defence to the external foreign matter entering the body. These are the first sites of ama production.</li>
<li>Seven processor channels or channels of maintenance: These are dhatuvaha srotasa. These act as the processors of the body and maintain the equilibrium in their physiological states. In Ayurveda, dhatu is the body's structural unit that sustain sharira (body) and are responsible for its strength and immunity. These dhatuvaha channels provide the necessary nutrition for proper growth and development of the seven dhatus and the space for their transportation, digestion, and metabolism.These are the channels where ama is dislodged. </li>
<li>Three output channels or channels leading to the expulsion of metabolic wastes. These include purishavaha, mutravaha, and swedavaha srotasa (malavaha srotasa). These will act as channels for removing waste products and toxic substances. The metabolites formed during metabolism in dhatuvaha srotasa and three input channels are further transported to malavaha srotasa, according to ease of removal through different sites of elimination through the body, after being processed again for easy and smooth expulsion by natural orifices. </li></ol>
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Sukshma (Micro channels): <span style="font-weight: normal;">The small orifices or microscopic pores of the body are known as sukshma srotasa. The navel (nabhi) and tiny channels or orifice of the skin are understood as sukshma srotasa. </span></li></ol>