Surface anatomy Flashcards
How do you find landmark for lumbar puncture?
Hands rest on iliac crest
Highest level passes through L4
How do you find the pubic tubercule?
Thumb width from pubic symphysis
What connects ASIS and pubic tubercle?
Inguinal ligament
Whats the midinguinal point
Halfway between ASIS and pubic symphysis
Where can you feel femoral pulse?
Just below midinguinal point
Where should you insert femoral catheter?
Femoral vein
Medial to femoral pulse
What would a femoral nerve block anesthetize?
Anterior thigh, femur and knee
L2-L4
What part of butt is safe to inject?
Upper lateral quadrant
Where is sciatic nerve located?
Halfway between greater trochanter and ischial tuberosity
How would you perform sciatic nerve block?
Draw line between greater trochanter and PSIS
2 line perp to this
What is true leg length
ASIS to distal tip of medial malleolus
Is medial or lateral epicondyle bigger
Medial
What is guidance for radial artery
Tendon flexor carpi radialis
What os guide for median nerve
Tendon palmaris longus