Small Intestine Flashcards
Describe pathway
starts at pinky finger. ascends up medial aspect of arm. Runs along posterior of upper arm. Zig zags from inferior fossa to superior fossa of scapula. Descends into supraclavicular fossa where it connects with heart. descends along esophagus and passes through the diaphragm to the stomach.
- branch ascends from the neck to the supraclavicular fossa to cross neck and cheek and outer corner of eye.
- another branch separates from previous branch on cheek and ascends to the infra-orbital region along the lateral aspect of the most to the inner corner where it meets with bladder channel
Jing well
SI 1
Dorsal aspect of little finger, along ulnar border of nail
SI 1
Ying Spring
SI 2
Ulnar border of little finger, in depression just distal to metacarpi-phalangeal joint
SI 2
Shu stream
SI 3
Confluent point of the governing vessel (DU)
SI 3
ulnar border of hand, in the substantial depression proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone.
SI 3
Yuan source
SI 4
ulnar border of hand, in depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and triquetral bone
SI 4
Jing River
SI 5
ulnar border of the wrist, in depression between head of the ulna and the triquetral bone
SI 5
Xi cleft
SI 6
palm of the hand is on chest. located on dorsal aspect of head of ulna, in cleft level with and to radial side of the high point of the styloid process of ulna.
SI 6
Luo-connecting
SI 7