Palpation Flashcards
1
Q
Medial tubercle of calcaneus
A
- Lay their foot with toes point up
- Go to the heel and come down until you feel where the heel drops down a bit
2
Q
Metatarsal heads
A
- Right where the toes end at the top part
- DO this for all toes
3
Q
Base of 5th Metatarsal
A
- Go down the sideline of the pinky toe until you feel hard bony part around the middle
4
Q
Navicular
A
- Go down the inside line of the big toe about halfway until you find a bony lump
5
Q
ATFL
A
- With patients toes pointing up
- Just above the maleolis in the foot on the pinkie side
6
Q
CFL
A
- With patients toes pointing up
- Just sideways of the maleolis in the foot on the pinkie side
7
Q
PTFL
A
- With patients toes pointing up
- Just underneath the maleolis in the foot on the pinkie side
8
Q
Anterior Inferior Tibiofibula Ligament (AITFL)
A
- With patients toes pointing up
- Quite a bit above the maleolis around the middle
9
Q
Deltoid ligament complex
A
- On the big toe side of the maleolis above the maleolis slightly towards the leg
10
Q
Ankle Joint line
A
- Get them to plant their foot on the bed / 80 degrees of knee flexion
- Palpate around joint line of the foot go around the whole foot
11
Q
Achilles mid portion and insertion
A
- Patient in prone with feet coming off the bed
- Find the little cord part right on the end of the foot and palpate until it inserts into calcaneus
12
Q
Tibial tuberosity
A
- Patient in supine with knee flexed
- The front of the inferior part of their patella
13
Q
Inferior pole of patella
A
- Inferior part of patella
14
Q
Patella tendon
A
The patella
15
Q
Knee Anterior joint line
A
- Joint line of patella coming around laterally and medially
16
Q
Quads tendon
A
- Tendon that touches with your quads part of patella
17
Q
Medial femoral epicondyle
A
- Medial part of knee
18
Q
MCL
A
- Runs down medial part of knee in diagnol line
19
Q
Lateral femoral epicondyle
A
- Lateral part of knee
20
Q
LCL
A
- Runs down lateral part of knee in diagnol line
21
Q
Hamstring tendons
A
- Patient lying in prone
- Palpate around hamstrings
22
Q
Heads of Gastrocnemius
A
- Palpate calf
23
Q
Pes anserine
A
- Look for bony lump below patella near tibiofemoral joint
24
Q
Greater trochanter
A
- Patient in supine with legs straight
- Come down the outside of their hip around where their shorts line is
25
Iliac crest
- The top part of their hip
- Best to do in standing
26
ASIS
- Come around the front of their iliac crest at top of their hip
27
Pubic synthesis
- Get them to work down from their belly button until they feel bony pelvis part
28
Ischial tuberosity
- Patient lying in prone
- The bit just under their bum and push it down and up
29
Greater and lesser tubercle of humerus
- By the humeral head on the lateral side under bony bit
30
Acromioclavicular joiint
- Come down to the big bony part at end of the clavicle
31
Coracoid process and pec minor
- Fatty bit under the end bit of clavicle
32
Supraspinatus muscle belly
- Slightly on the fatty bit behind the humeral head towards the top
33
Infraspinatus muscle belly
- Slightly on the fatty bit behind the humeral head towards the very middle
34
Medial border scapula
- Palpate behind where on the medial border of that big muscle that comes out in massages
35
Bicipital groove
- Grab their humeral head area with one hand and let thumb rest in natural area should be by bicipital groove
36
Anterior joint line of shoulder
- joint line of shouldeer from armpit
37
Radial head
- On right side of elbow joint line just slightly above it
38
Medial epicondyle (humerus)
- Medial side part of elbow with elbow slightly flexed
39
Lateral epicondyle (humerus)
- Lateral side part of elbow with elbow slightly flexed
40
Olecranon
- Elbow slighttly flexed just slightly above the bony elbow bit at the bottom towards the hand.
41
Common Extensor Origin
- Elbow slightly flexed in pronation and palpate above the bony elbow bit towards joint line
42
Common flexor origin
- Elbow slightly flexed in supination and palpate medial side towards hand bit above joint line
43
Ulnar styloid
- bony bit on pinkie side at the end of wrist towards the backside.
44
Radial styloid
- Bony bit at end of wrist under thumb
45
First carpometacarpal joint
- Hand laying flat by the fatty bit of bottom of thumb near veins
46
Pisiform
- Bony bit right at end of hand joint line under 4th finger (2nd last before pinkie)
47
Distal & proximal interphalangeal joints
- The bony bits on the fingers with distal being end bits and proximal being 2nd bits.
