Stomach Flashcards
St-1
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge.
St-2
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located 1 cun directly below the pupil, in the depression at the infraorbital foramen.
St-3
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil, level with the lower border of the ala nasi, on the lateral side of the naso-labial groove.
St-4
0.4 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth.
Note: ask patient to smile if not visible
St-5
Directly anterior to the angle of the jaw, in a depression at the anterior border of the masseter muscle.
St-6
Approximately 1 fingerbreadth anterior and superior to the angle of the jaw at the prominence of the masseter muscle.
St-7
At the lower border of the zygomatic arch, in the depression anterior to the condyloid process of the mandible.
St-8
At the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to DU-24 and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline.
St-9
Level with the tip of and 1.5 cun lateral to the laryngeal prominence, in the depression between the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the lateral border of the thyroid cartilage.
Note: the carotid artery lies just deep to, and can be readily palpated at, the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. This point therefore lies between the carotid artery and the lateral border of the thyroid cartilage.
St-10
On the neck, at the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, midway between ST-9 and ST-11.
St-11
At the root of the neck, superior to the medial end of the clavicle, directly below ST-9 in the depression between the sternal and clavicular heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
St-12
In the supraclavicular area, posterior to the superior border of the clavicle and at its midpoint, 4 cun lateral to the midline, on the mamillary line.
St-13
At the top of the chest, directly below ST-12, on the inferior border of the clavicle, 4 cun lateral to the midline, on the mamillary line.
St-14
On the chest, in the first intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline (REN-20), on the mamillary line.
St-15
On the chest, in the second intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline (REN-19), on the mamillary line.
St-16
On the chest, in the third intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline (REN-18), on the mamillary line.
St-17
At the centre of the nipple, in the fourth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline.
St-18
Directly below the nipple, in the fifth intercostal space.