Heart Flashcards
Describe the pathway of the Heart
Encircles heart.
- one branch goes up to neck and eye
- another going down the small intestine
- primary branch goes through lungs and enters the primary channel through the axillary and goes down the medial aspect of the arm
Point - Depression in center of axilla.
Heart 1
Jing well point
Heart 9
point - 3 cun proximal to medial end of cubital crease
Heart 2
He Sea point
Heart 3
Medial epicondyle of the humerus, at medial end of transverse cubital crease when elbow is fully flexed
Heart 3
Jing River
Heart 4
Radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 1.5 proximal to Heart 7
Heart 4
Luo Connecting point
Heart 5
Shu stream
Heart 7
Xi Cleft
Heart 6
Yuan source
Heart 7
Ying Spring
Heart 8
On palm, in depression between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones. Where the tip of the little finger rests when a fist is made
Heart 8
Dorsal aspect of little finger. Radial border of nail.
Heart 9