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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Between the eyebrows (D)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Greater Trochanter (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bony landmark can be used to locate Bladder 17?

<p>Inferior angle of scapula (B)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Where can GB 40 be located using a bony landmark?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What bony landmark can be used to find lung meridian?

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

Where can you find the styloid process of ulna?

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

Which bony landmark is used to locate Lung 7?

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

What bony landmark can be used to locate Bladder 17?

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

Where can GB 40 be located using a bony landmark?

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

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

<p>Greater Trochanter (D)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Where can you find the styloid process of ulna?

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

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

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

What are palpable bony landmarks?

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

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