Surface Anatomy and Acupoints Head, Face, and Neck Flashcards
Du 24 location
At the top of the head on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 0.5 cun anterior to Du 23
Du 24 angle
Transverse
Du 24 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 23 location
At the top of the head on the midline, 1 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 0.5 cun posterior to Du 24
Du 23 angle
Transverse
Du 23 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 22 location
At the top of the head on the midline, 2 cun posterior to the anterior hairline
Du 22 angle
Transverse
Du 22 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 22 caution
Do not needle this point in infants whose fontanelle has not yet closed
Du 21 location
At the top of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly anterior to Du 20 and 3.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline
Du 21 angle
Transverse
Du 21 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 21 caution
Do not needle this point in infants whose fontanelle has not yet closed
Du 20 location
At the vertex on the midline, in the depression 5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 7 cun superior to the posterior hairline
Du 20 angle
Transverse
Du 20 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 19 location
At the back of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly superior to Du 18 and 1.5 cun posterior to Du 20
Du 19 angle
Transverse
Du 19 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 18 location
At the back of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly superior to Du 17, midway between Du 16 and Du 20
Du 18 angle
transverse
Du 18 depth
0.5-1 cun
UB 3 location
Directly superior to UB 2, 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, level with Du 24
UB 3 angle
Transverse
UB 3 depth
0.5-1 cun
UB 4 location
0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to Du 24, and 1/3 of the distance between Du 24 and ST 8
UB 4 angle
Transverse
UB 4 depth
0.5-1 cun
UB 6 location
1.5 cun posterior to UB 5, 2.5 cun within the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline
UB 6 angle
Trasnverse
UB 6 depth
0.5-1 cun
UB 7 location
1.5 cun posterior to UB 6 and 4 cun within the anterior hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline
UB 7 angle
Transverse
UB 7 depth
0.5- 1cun
UB 8 location
1.5 cun posterior to UB 7, and 5.5 cun within the anterior hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline
UB 8 angle
Transverse
UB 8 depth
0.5-1 cun
GB 13 location
On the forehead, 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, 2/3 the distance between Du 24 and St 8
GB 13 angle
Transverse
GB 13 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
GB 15 location
On the forehead, directly above GB 14, 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, midway between Du 24 and St 8
GB 15 angle
Transverse
GB 15 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
GB 16 location
In the parietal region, on a curved line drawn between GB 15 and GB 20, following the contour of the cranium, 1.5 cun posterior to GB 15 (sometimes 1 cun posterior to GB 16)
GB 16 angle
Transverse
GB 16 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
GB 17 location
In the parietal region, on a curved line drawn between GB 15 and GB 20, following the contour of the cranium, 3 cun posterior to GB 15 (1 cun posterior to GB 16)
GB 17 angle
Transverse
GB 17 depth
0.5- 1.5 cun
GB 18 location
In the parietal region, on a curved line drawn between GB15 and GB 20, following the contour of the cranium, 1.5 cun posterior to GB 17
GB 18 angle
Transverse
GB 18 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
Si Shen Cong location
4 alert spirit
Four points at the vertex of the scalep, grouped around Du 20, 1 cun anterior, posterior, and lateral to it
Si Shen Cong angle
Transverse
Si Shen Cong depth
0.5-1.5 cun
Dang Yang location
Suitable yang
Sith the patient looking straight ahead, vertically above the pupil, 1 cun above the anterior hairline (0.5 cun above the GB 15, same level with Du 23)
Dang Yang angle
Transverse
Dang Yang depth
0.3-0.8 cun
Du 17 location
At the back of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly above Du 16, in the dperession directly superior to the external occipital protuberance
Du 17 angle
Transverse
Du 17 depth
0.5-1 cun
UB 9 location
1.3 cun lateral to Du 17 (which is located in the dperession superior to the EOP, 1.5 cun superior to Du 16)
UB 9 angle
Transverse
UB 9 depth
0.5-1 cun
GB 19 location
In the occipital region, directly above GB 20, level with Du 17
GB 19 angle
Transverse
GB 19 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
Du 16 location
On the midline at the nape of the neck, in the depression immediately below the EOP
Du 16 angle
Perpendicular
Du 16 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 16 caution
Spinal canal lies between 1.5-2 cun deep to the skin surface
GB 20 location
Below the occiput, approximately midway between Du 16 and GB 12, in the hollow between the origins of the SCM and traps muscles
GB 20 angle
Slightly Oblique inferiorly along the channel
GB 20 depth
1-1.5 cun
GB 20 caution
Spinal Cord
Du 15 location
On the midline of the nape of the neck, in the depression 0.5 cun inferior to Du 16, below the spinous process of the first cervical vertebra
Du 15 angle
Perpendicular slightly inferiorly
Du 15 depth
0.5-1 cun
Du 15 caution
Spinal cord
UB 10 location
On the lateral aspect of the trapezius muscle, 1.3 cun lateral to Du 15
UB 10 angle
Perpendicular
UB 10 depth
0.5-0.8 cun
ST 8 location
At the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to Du 24 and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline
ST 8 angle
Transverse
ST 8 depth
0.5-1 cun
GB 4 location
In the temporal region, within the hairline, 1/4 the distance between ST8 and GB7
GB 4 angle
Transverse
GB 4 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
GB 5 location
In the temporal region, within the hairline 1/2 the distance between ST 8 and GB 7
GB 5 angle
Transverse
GB 5 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
GB 6 location
In the temporal region, within the hairline, 3/4 the distance between ST 8 and GB 7
GB 6 angle
Transverse
GB 6 depth
0.5-1.5 cun
GB 7 location
In the temporal region, within the hairline, level with and one finger breadth anterior to SJ 20
GB 7 angle
Transverse
GB 7 depth
0.5-1 cun
GB 14 location
On the forehead, 1 cun superior to the middle of the eyebrow, directly above the pupil when the eyes are looking straight ahead
GB 14 angle
Transverse inferiorly
GB 14 depth
0.5-0.8 cun
UB 1 location
0.1 cun medial and superior to the inner canthus of the eye, near the medial border of the orbit
UB 1 angle
Perpendicular
UB 1 depth
0.2-0.3, 0.5-1 cun
UB 1 caution
Angular artery and vein
Opthalmic artery and vein
ST 1 location
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge
ST 1 angle method
Ask the patient to close the eyes and look upwards, use a finger to push the eyeball upwards and insert the needle, first slightly inferiorly then perpendicularly
ST 1 depth
0.5-1 cun
Qiu Hou location
Along the inferior border of the orbit, at the junction of the lateral 1/4 and medial 3/4 of the infraorbital margin
Qui Hou angle method
Slightly inferiorly, then perpendicular between the eyeball and the inferior wall of the orbit
Qui Hou depth
0.5-1 cun
GB 1 location
In the hollow on the lateral side of the orbit margin, approximately 0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus
GB 1 angle
Transverse posteriorly
GB 1 depth
0.2-0.3 cun or extend to connect with Tai Yang
Shang Ming (above brightness) location
Directly superior to the pupil, below the margin of the orbit (midpoint at the suporbital margin) in the depression between the eyeball and the supra orbital ridge