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SA Practical 3 Palpations Flashcards

1
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L4 spinous process

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find the top of the iliac crest and move medially

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T12 spinous process

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right about the region of your belly button- you can also feel for your last rib. Sometimes easier in prone

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T7 spinous process

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slide over from inferior angle of scapula

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T2 spinous process

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slide over from superior angle of scapula

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C7 spinous process

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the big nobby one- T1 is under it. You can tell it’s C7 by flexing (it will ride up) and extension, it will come back down

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C2 spinous process

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go down from nuchal line

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Ligamentum Nuchae

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fibrous tissue on the cervical spine (right down from occipital protrubrence)

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Transverse process of C1

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goto mastoid process, go posteriorly a little and rotate/ turn head 45degrees towards opposite side

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Thoracic transverse processes

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goto spinous process, go laterally fall into lamina groove, and then keep going laterally and feel the bone

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Lumbar transverse processes

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goto spinous process, go laterally fall into lamina groove, and then keep going laterally and feel the bone

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Lamina groove (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)

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just lateral to the spinous process, dips inward

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Xiphoid process

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move from ribs in and up, not everyones pops out

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13
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Sternal angle

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kind of a groove where manubrium becomes the body you move up the body- inferior from manubrium

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First rib

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directly beneath the clavicle, more towards the back, Have patient supine. but you feel by having them elevate their clavicle.Going over your clavicle more posteriorly and pushing down. With your partner supine elevate the scapula. Place your fingers between the clavicle and the trapezius at the posterior triangle. It’s kind of on top of your clavicle

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Second rib

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slide below the clavicle and explore the 2nd rib

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16
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Eleventh and twelfth ribs

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kind of belly button level towards back

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17
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Abdominal aorta

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2 inches above belly button and kind of push down

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Spleen (see addendum below)

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on the left side under ribcage. Have partner inhale and exhale

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Liver (see addendum below)

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on the right side under ribcage. Have partner inhale and exhale.

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External Occipital Protuberance-

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-have partner supine, place hands under skull and feel for the protuberance
the bump right at the back of your head in the middle

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21
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Superior Nuchal Lines

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-have partner supine, place hands under skull, goto external occipital protuberance and follow it out laterally. Come off of external occipital protrubrence, go diagnolly down laterally

22
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PARIETAL BONES

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goto nuchal line and go up

23
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Mastoid process

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just behind the ear

part of your temporal bone

24
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Zygomatic arch

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goto just in front of earlobe and theres a ridge

-part of temporal bone

25
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Glabella

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area of skin without hair between the eyebrows

26
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Supraciliary arch

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arch where your eyebrows are located

27
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Supraorbital foramen

  • where?
  • what exits it?
  • and what’s deep to it?
A
  • Follow medially along supracillary arch until you find a rounded, flat area, roughly at the medial corner of eyebrow.
  • This is where the supraorbital nerve exits
  • Frontal sinus is deep to it
28
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Nasal bone, nasion

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junction between nasal and frontal bones)

29
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Infraorbital foramen
where?
what runs through it?
what is deep to it?

A
  • just lateral to the inferior medial orbit of the eye.
  • It is home to the infraorbital nerve.
  • Maxillary sinus is deep to this.
30
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Zygomatic bone

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go a little bit more anterior of the zygomatic arch

31
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Maxilla

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where we feel our upper teeth to the side/ under nose

32
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Body of the mandible

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flat surface below teeth- the front of your chin

33
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Base of the mandible

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edge, jawline

34
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Angle of the mandible

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posterior end- the curved portion

35
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Ramus of the mandible

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area above and posterior to the angle, its kind of under the ear

36
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Condyle of mandible

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anterior to ear canal- open and close mouth and you can feel it better

37
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Coronoid process

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anterior to condyle and open mouth and its like the second bump in front. It’s a little inferior

38
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Mental protuberance

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front midline of the jaw

39
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Cricoid cartilage

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right below adams apple (laryngeal prominance) (BELOW THYROID)

40
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Thyroid cartilage

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the bump in your throat- adams apple butterfly at the very top (MIDDLE)

41
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Hyoid bone

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go up above the thyroid cartilage (Adams apple), when you swallow it pops out, right under chin (TOP)

42
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Thyroid gland

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Under Adams apple, lateral and under cricoid cartilage ring (which is under Adams apple)

43
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Posterior cervical triangle is bound by? and what’s inside?

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Bound anteriorly by SCM, posteriorly by upper traps, inferiorly by clavicle.
Inside the triangle: 1st rib and scalenes

44
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Anterior cervical triangle is bound by? and what’s inside?

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Bound anteriorly by midline of the neck, laterally by SCM, superiorly by base of mandible.
Inside the triangle: Carotid pulse, submandibular and tonsilar lymph nodes, and thyroid gland

45
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Common carotid artery

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kind of behind SCM, you can feel a strong pulse

46
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temporal artery

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kind of where your temple is you can feel a fainter pulse (in front of ear and a little superior?)

47
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Facial artery

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just lateral to ends of mouth

48
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Facial nerve

A 
To Zanzibar By Motor Car
Temporal (runs through temple up forehead)
Zygomatic (zygomatic arch)
Buccal (a little above mouth)
Mandibular (just under mouth)
cervicle- (mid neck)
49
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Parotid gland

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Kind of posterior to your mouth

50
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Submandibular gland

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go underneath the base or the edge of your mandible (kind of curl fingers under to where your neck and angle meet)

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