Small Intestine Meridian:

Question 1

SI 1:

Answer 1

• the ulnar side of the little fingernail bed.

Question 2

SI 3:

Answer 2

• when a loose fist is made the point is proximal to the head of the 5th metacarpal bone at the junction of the red and white skin

Question 3

SI 4:

Answer 3

• on the ulnar side of the palm, in the depression between the base of the 5th metacarpal bone and the triquetrum bone at the junction of red and white skin.

Question 4

SI 6:

Answer 4

• with the palm facing the chest the point is in the body cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.

Question 5

SI 8:

Answer 5

• between the olecranon of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus. best located with the elbow flexed.
• ulnar nerve.

Question 6

SI 9:

Answer 6

• when the arm is abducted the point is 1 cun superior to the tip of the posterior axillary fold.
• radial nerve.

Question 7

SI 10:

Answer 7

• when the arm is adducted the point is n the depression inferior and lateral to the scapular spine directly superior to Si 9.
• suprascapular nerve.

Question 8

Si 11:

Answer 8

• on the midline of the infrascapular fossa at the junction of the upper and middle 1/3rd of the distance between the lower border of the scapular spine and the inferior angle of the scapula.
• suprascarpular nerve.

Question 9

SI 12:

Answer 9

• in the center of the suprascapular fossa, directly superior to SI 11.
• when the arm is abducted, the point is in the depression.
• suprascapular and accessory nerve, pneumothorax.

Question 10

Si 13:

Answer 10

• on the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa, midway between SI 10 and the 2nd thoracic SP.
• pneumothorax.

Question 11

SI 15:

Answer 11

• 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the 7th cervical SP.
  -accessory and dorsal scapular.
  -pneumothorax.

Question 12

SI 16:

Answer 12

• on the posterior border of SCM, level with the laryngeal process.
• external jugular vein.

Question 13

SI 17:

Answer 13

• posterior to the angle of the mandible, in the depression on the anterior border of he SCM.
• external and internal jugular, internal carotid artery.

Question 14

SI 19:

Answer 14

• between the Targus of the condyloid process of the mandible, where a depression is formed when the mouth is slightly open.
• superficial temporal artery and vein.