Palpable Bony Landmarks for Health Professionals
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What are palpable bony landmarks?

  • Nerve endings near the skin
  • Soft tissue landmarks
  • External features on the skin
  • Bony features that can be touched and identified through the skin (correct)

    • Which of the following is an example of a palpable bony landmark?

  • Ren meridian
  • Patella (correct)
  • Pisiform bone in wrist
  • Small intestine points

    • What is the purpose of palpable bony landmarks?

  • To serve as reference points in identifying other body structures (correct)
  • To identify soft tissue structures
  • To locate nerve endings
  • To find acupuncture meridians

    • Where can you find the styloid process of ulna?

    <p>Wrist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bony landmark is used to find the gall bladder meridian?

    <p>Greater trochanter of femur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of identifying palpable bony landmarks?

    <p>To serve as reference points for identifying other body structures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What bony landmark can be used to locate the heart meridian points?

    <p>Pisiform of the carpals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can the bladder channel points be located using the supraorbital ridge?

    <p>Between the eyebrows</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bony landmark allows us to find small intestine points on the shoulder?

    <p>Spine of the scapula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of the femur can be used to locate GB 30?

    <p>Greater Trochanter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can the bladder channel and du channel points be located using the hip crest?

    <p>Abdominal region</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What bony landmark can be used to locate Bladder 17?

    <p>Inferior angle of scapula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bony landmark is associated with bladder and gall bladder channels in the neck region?

    <p>External occipital protuberance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What surface anatomy allows subdivision and measurement for points on the abdominal region?

    <p>Pubic crest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can GB 40 be located using a bony landmark?

    <p>Lateral malleolus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bony landmark is used to locate the gall bladder meridian?

    <p>Styloid process of radius</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What bony landmark can be used to locate the heart meridian points?

    <p>Pisiform bone</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can the bladder channel points be located using the supraorbital ridge?

    <p>Shoulder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of the femur can be used to locate GB 30?

    <p>Greater trochanter of femur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What bony landmark can be used to find lung meridian?

    <p>Head of the fibula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can you find the styloid process of ulna?

    <p>Wrist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bony landmark is used to locate Lung 7?

    <p>Styloid process of the radius</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What bony landmark can be used to locate Bladder 17?

    <p>Inferior angle of the scapula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can GB 40 be located using a bony landmark?

    <p>Medial border of the scapula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of the femur can be used to locate GB 30?

    <p>Greater Trochanter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bony landmark allows us to find small intestine points on the shoulder?

    <p>Spine of the scapula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What bony landmark can be used to locate the heart meridian points?

    <p>Pisiform of the carpals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can you find the styloid process of ulna?

    <p>Carpals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What bony landmark can be used to locate the gall bladder meridian?

    <p>(T7)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are palpable bony landmarks?

    <p>Landmarks that can be easily felt or located on the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of identifying palpable bony landmarks?

    <p>To provide consistent reference points for locating acupuncture points.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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