Small Intestine

Question 1

S.I.-1

Answer 1

On the dorsal aspect of the little finger, at the junction of lines drawn along the ulnar border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

Question 2

S.I.-2

Answer 2

On the ulnar border of the little finger, in a depression just distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint.

Question 3

S.I.-3

Answer 3

On the ulnar border of the hand, in the substantial depression proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone.

Question 4

S.I.-4

Answer 4

On the ulnar border of the hand, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the triquetral bone.

Question 5

S.I.-5

Answer 5

At the ulnar border of the wrist, in the depression between the head of the ulna and the triquetral bone.

Question 6

S.I.-6

Answer 6

When the palm of the hand is placed on the chest, this point is located on the dorsal aspect of the head of the ulna, in a cleft level with and to the radial side of the high point of the styloid process of the ulna.

Question 7

S.I.-7

Answer 7

On a line connecting S.I.-5 and S.I.-8, 5 cun proximal to S.I.-5, in the groove between the anterior border of the ulna and the muscle belly of flexor carpi ulnaris.

Question 8

S.I.-8

Answer 8

In the depression between the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna and the tip of the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

Question 9

S.I.-9

Answer 9

On the posterior aspect of the shoulder, 1 cun superior to the posterior axillary crease when the arm hangs in the adducted position.

Question 10

S.I.-10

Answer 10

On the posterior aspect of the shoulder, in the depression inferior to the scapular spine, directly superior to the posterior axillary crease when the arm hangs in the adducted position.

Question 11

S.I.-11

Answer 11

On the scapula, in a tender depression one third of the distance from the midpoint of the inferior border of the scapular spine to the inferior angle of the scapula.

Question 12

S.I.-12

Answer 12

In the centre of the suprascapular fossa, directly above S.I.-11, in a depression formed when the arm is raised.

Question 13

S.I.-13

Answer 13

In the tender depression superior to the medial end of the scapular spine, midway between S.I.-10 and the spinous process of T2.

Question 14

S.I.-14

Answer 14

3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T1 (DU-13).

Question 15

S.I.-15

Answer 15

2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of C7 (DU-14).

Question 16

S.I.-16

Answer 16

On the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, level with the laryngeal prominence.

Question 17

S.I.-17

Answer 17

In the depression between the angle of the mandible and the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

Question 18

S.I.-18

Answer 18

Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression at the lower border of the zygomatic bone.

Question 19

S.I.-19

Answer 19

With the mouth open, this point is located in the depression between the middle of the tragus and the condyloid process of the mandible.