Spleen Point Location

Question 1

SP-1 Location

Answer 1

dorsal aspect of big toe, at the junction of lines drawn along the medial border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 can from the corner of the nail

Question 2

SP-2 Location

Answer 2

medial side of the big toe, in the depression distal and inferior to the first metatarsi-phalangeal joint

Question 3

SP-3 Location

Answer 3

medial side of the foot in the depression proximal and inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone

Question 4

SP-4 Location

Answer 4

medial side of the foot, in the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone

Question 5

SP-5 Location

Answer 5

medial side of the ankle, in the depression which lies at the junction of the straight lines drawn along the anterior and inferior borders of the medial malleolus

Question 6

Sp-6 Location

Answer 6

medial side of the lower leg, 3 can superior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, in a depression close to the medial crest of the tibia

Question 7

SP-7 Location

Answer 7

medial side of the lower leg, 3 can superior to SP-6, in a depression posterior to the medial crest of the tibia

Question 8

SP-8 Location

Answer 8

medial side of the lower leg, 3 can inferior to Sp-9, in a depression posterior to the medial crest of the tibia

Question 9

SP-9 Location

Answer 9

medial side of the lower leg, in a depression in the angle formed by the medial condyle of the tibia and the posterior border of the tibia

Question 10

SP-10 Location

Answer 10

2 cun proximal to superior broer of the patella, in the tender depression on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle

Question 11

SP-11 Location

Answer 11

medial side of the upper leg, 6 can proximal to the Sp-10, on a line connecting Sp-10 and Sp-12

Question 12

SP-12 Location

Answer 12

3.5 can lateral to CV-2, on lateral side of femoral artery

Question 13

SP-13 Location

Answer 13

on the lower abdomen, 0.7 cun superior and 0.5 cun lateral to S-12, 4 cun lateral to the midline

Also, 4.3 cun inferior to Sp-15

Question 14

SP-14 Location

Answer 14

lower abdomen, 1.3 cun inferior to Sp-15, 4 cun lateral to the midline

Question 15

SP-15 Location

Answer 15

On abdomen, in the depression at lateral border of rectus abdom level with umbilicus

Question 16

SP-16 Location

Answer 16

in a depression at the lateral border of the rectus abdm, 3 cu superior to SP-15

Question 17

SP-17 Location

Answer 17

lateral side of chest, 5th intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to midline

Question 18

SP-18 Location

Answer 18

lateral side of the chest, 4th intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to midline

Question 19

SP-19 Location

Answer 19

lateral side of the chest, 3rd intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to midline

Question 20

SP-20 Location

Answer 20

lateral side of the chest, 2nd intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the midline

Question 21

SP-21 Location

Answer 21

mid-axillary line, 7th (or 6th) intercostal space