Small Intestine Point Location

Question 1

SI-1 Point Location

Answer 1

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, approx 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail

Question 2

SI-2 Point Location

Answer 2

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

Question 3

SI-3 Point Location

Answer 3

Ulnar border of the hand, in the substantial depression proximal to the head of the 5th metacarpal bone

Question 4

SI-4 Point Location

Answer 4

Ulnar border of the hand, in the depression btw the base of the 5th metacarpal bone and triquetral bone

Question 5

SI-5 Point Location

Answer 5

Ulnar border of the wrist, in the depression btw the head of the ulna and the triquetral bone

Question 6

SI-6 Point Location

Answer 6

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

Question 7

SI-7 Point Location

Answer 7

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

Question 8

SI-8 Point Location

Answer 8

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

Question 9

SI-9 Point Location

Answer 9

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

Question 10

SI-10 Point Location

Answer 10

Posterior aspect of the shoulder, in the depression inferior to the posterior axillary crease when the arm hangs in the adducted position

Question 11

SI-11 Point Location

Answer 11

On the scapula, in a tender depression 1/3 of the distance from the midpoint of the inferior border of the scapular spine to the inferior angle of the scapula (upper 1/3)

Question 12

SI-12 Point Location

Answer 12

In the center of the supra-scapular fossa, directly above SI-11, in a depression formed when the arm is raised

Question 13

SI-13 Point Location

Answer 13

In the tender depression superior to the medial end of the scapular spine, midway btw SI-10 and the spinous process of T2

Question 14

SI-14 Point Location

Answer 14

3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T1

Question 15

SI-15 Point Location

Answer 15

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

Question 16

SI-16 Point Location

Answer 16

On the posterior border of the SCM, level with the laryngeal prominence

Question 17

SI-17 Point Location

Answer 17

In the depression btw the angle of the mandible and the anterior border of the SCM

Question 18

SI-18 Point Location

Answer 18

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

Question 19

SI-19 Point Location

Answer 19

With mouth open, located in the depression btw the middle of the tragus and the condyloid process of the mandible