Back: Locations (Part 2)

Question 1

Du-13

Location:

Answer 1

Below the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra

Question 2

Du-12

Location:

Answer 2

Below the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra

Question 3

Du-11

Location:

Answer 3

Below the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra

Question 4

Du-10

Location:

Answer 4

Below the spinous process of the 6th thoracic vertebra

Question 5

Du-8

Location:

Answer 5

Below the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra

Question 6

Du-7

Location:

Answer 6

Below the spinous process of the 10th thoracic vertebra

Question 7

Du-6

Location:

Answer 7

Below the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra

Question 8

Du-5

Location:

Answer 8

Below the spinous process of the 1st lumbar vertebra

Question 9

Du-4

Location:

Answer 9

Below the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra

Question 10

Du-3

Location:

Answer 10

Below the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra, at the level of the crista iliaca

Question 11

Du-2

Location:

Answer 11

In the hiatus of the sacrum

Question 12

Du-1

Location:

Answer 12

Midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus. Locate the point in the prone position.

Question 13

SI-15

Location:

Answer 13

2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra (Du-14)

Question 14

SI-14

Location:

Answer 14

3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where Du-13 is located

Question 15

SI-12

Location:

Answer 15

In the center of the suprascapular fossa, directly above SI-11. When the arm is lifted, the point is at the site of the depression.

Question 16

SI-9

Location:

Answer 16

Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint. When the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun above the posterior end of the axillary fold.

Question 17

G-30

Location:

Answer 17

At the junction of the lateral 1/3 and medial 2/3 of the distance between the prominence of the great trochanter and the hiatus of the sacrum (Du-2). When locating the point, put the patient in the lateral recumbent position with the thigh flexed.

Question 18

G-25

Location:

Answer 18

On the lateral side of the abdomen, on the lower border of the free end of the 12th rib.

Question 19

B-22

Location:

Answer 19

1.5 cun lateral to Du-5, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st lumbar vertebra

Question 20

B-23

Location:

Answer 20

1.5 cun lateral to Du-4, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra

Question 21

B-24

Location:

Answer 21

1.5 cun lateral to the Du Meridian, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd lumbar vertebra

Question 22

B-25

Location:

Answer 22

1.5 cun lateral to DU-3, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra

Question 23

B-26

Location:

Answer 23

1.5 cun lateral to the Du Meridian, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th lumbar vertebra