Liver

Question 1

What is the luo pt of the LIV and where does it ascend?

Answer 1

LIV 5 and to the genitals

Question 2

On which important landmark on the anterior trunk does the LIV channel meet with the GB channel

Answer 2

the 11th rib (LIV 13)

Question 3

Where does the Liver Primary Meridian originate?

Answer 3

Dorsal hairy region of the great toe (LR 1)

Question 4

With which important acupuncture point does the Liver Primary Channel ascend to the vertex and meet?

Answer 4

Du 20

Question 5

Liver primary pathway: …Ascends along the posterior aspect of the throat to the nasopharynx and connects with the “________________”

Answer 5

eye system

Question 6

A branch of which meridian arises from the “eye system” runs downward into the cheek and curves around the inner surface of the lips?

Answer 6

Liver Primary Meridian

Question 7

1. When the knee is flexed, which point is located at the medial end of the transverse popliteal crease, posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of m. semitendinosus and m. semimembranosus?
2. Which point is located just posterior to this point, in-between the insertions of m. semitendinosus and m. semimembranosus?

Answer 7

LIV 8 & KD 10

Question 8

What are the differences in location, between Sp-1 and Liv-1?

Answer 8

Liv 1 is lateral. Sp 1 is medial

Question 9

Bilateral LI-4 and which point on the Liver channel are known as ‘the four gates’, effective in treating painful obstruction in the body. What is its location?

Answer 9

LIV-3. On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones.

Question 10

What is the front-Mu point of the Liver? Which is located directly above, one intercostal space above the Front-Mu point of the Gallbladder, GB-24. (7th ics, 4 cun lateral to the midline)

(It’s location is directly below the nipple, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline).

Answer 10

Liv-14 (6th ics)

Question 11

What is the Mu pt of the GB?

Answer 11

GB 24 (7th ics)

Question 12

Liv 14 is located?

Answer 12

Directly below the nipple, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 13

ST 18 located?

Answer 13

On the chest, directly below the nipple, on the lower border of the breast, in the 5th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 14

What other points are located at the level or the inguinal groove, or level with the pubic symphysis? List the points in order of distance from the pubic symphysis, most medial to most lateral.

Answer 14

Ren 2, K-11, ST-30, Liv-12, Sp-12

Question 15

Liver 9 is located _______ cun above the medial epicondyle of the femur, between m. _____________ and m. _____________.

Answer 15

4; m. vastus medialis & m. sartorius

Question 16

1. Liv-11 is located ____________ cun directly below ST-30, at the proximal end of the thigh, below the pubic tubercle and on the lateral border of m. ____________________?
2. About how many cun lateral to the midline is Liv-11 located?

Answer 16

2 cun
ADDuctor longus
2 cun

Question 17

Which point is located anterior to the medial malleolus, midway between SP 5 and ST 41, in the depression on the medial side of the tendon of m. tibialis anterior?

Answer 17

LIV 4

Question 18

The location of Liver 12 is: Lateral to the pubic tubercle, lateral and inferior to ST 30, in the inguinal groove where the pulsation of the femoral artery is palpable, 2.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

1. Is LIV-12 located directly next to the femoral artery?
2. If not, where is it located?
3. Which point is located lateral to the pulsating iliac [femoral] artery?

Answer 18

No. Medial to the femoral vein.SP-12

Question 19

LIV-4 is located anterior to the ___________ malleolus, midway between SP 5 and ST 41, in the depression on _____________ side of the tendon of m. tibialis anterior?

Answer 19

medial, medial

Question 20

what type of headache is assoc with the liver

Answer 20

vertex

Question 21

A branch of the Liver Meridian which arises from the “eye system” runs downward into the cheek and curves around the inner surface of the lips. T or F

Answer 21

True

Question 22

The Liver Meridian originates where

Answer 22

Dorsal hairy region of the great toe

Question 23

What is the Front-Mu point of the Spleen?

Answer 23

LIV 13

Question 24

LV-6 is located on the anterior surface of the tibia. How many cun above the tip of the medial malleolus is it located?

Answer 24

7 cun

Question 25

The location of LV-7 is posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia, in the upper portion of the medial head of which muscle, 1 cun posterior to SP-9

Answer 25

Gastrocnemius

Question 26

Which point is located lateral to the pubic tubercle, lateral and inferior to ST 30, in the inguinal grove where the pulsation of the femoral artery is palpable, 2.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline?

Answer 26

LIV 12

Question 27

LR-9 is located 4 cun above the medial epicondyle of the femur, between which two muscles?

Answer 27

m. vastus medialis and m. sartorius

Question 28

According to CAM, what method is used to needle the point located 5 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia

Answer 28

Subcutaneous

Question 29

When the knee is flexed, this point is located at the medial end of the transverse popliteal crease, posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of m. semitendinosus and m. semimembranosus.

Answer 29

LIV 8

Question 30

Where is LIV 2 located?

Answer 30

on the dorsum of the foot between the 1st & 2nd toe, proximal to the margin of the web at the junction of red and white skin.

Question 31

Where is LIV 3 located?

Answer 31

on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones

Question 32

CAM puts Liv 5 where?

Deadmen puts Liv 5 where?

Answer 32

C: on the bone

D: anterior to the bone

Question 33

What is the location of SP 5?

Answer 33

In the depression distal and inferior to the medial malleolus, midway between the tuberosity of the navicular bone and the tip of the medial malleolus

Question 34

where is st 41 located?

Answer 34

on the dorsum of the foot @ the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle joint, in the depression between the tendons of m. extensor digitorum longus and hallicus longus, approximately level of the top of the external malleolus.