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Week 1: Point Location, Needling, Anatomy Flashcards

1
Q

Distance between angles of the hairline (ST-8-ST-8)

A

9 cun

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2
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Distance between mastoid processes

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9 cun

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3
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Distance from tip of acromion process to midline of body

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8 cun

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4
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Distance from end of axillary fold to transverse cubital crease

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9 cun

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5
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Distance from nipple to nipple

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8 cun

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6
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Distance from anterior axillary fold to tip of the 11th floating rib

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12 cun

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7
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Distance from center of umbilicus to upper border of symphysis pubis

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5 cun

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8
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Distance from prominence of greater trochanter to center of patella

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19 cun

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9
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Distance from center of patella to pit of lateral malleolus

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16 cun

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10
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Distance from upper border of symphysis pubis to medial epicondyle of femur

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18 cun

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11
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Distance from lower border of medial epicondyle of tibia to tip of medial malleolus

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13 cun

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12
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Full body measurement

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75 cun

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13
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Distance from transverse gluteal fold to popliteal fossa

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14 cun

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14
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Length of foot

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12 cun

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15
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Tip of lateral malleolus to heel

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3 cun

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16
Q

Anterior hairline to posterior hairline

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12 cun

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17
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Posterior hairline to DU-14 (inferior border of C7)

A

3 cun

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18
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Glabella to anterior hairline

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3 cun

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19
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Glabella to posterior hairline

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15 hun

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20
Q

Distance between medial borders of left and right scapulas

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6 cun

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21
Q

12th (11th) rib to greater trochanter

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9 cun

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22
Q

Transverse cubital crease to transverse carpal crease

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12 cun

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23
Q

Suprasternal fossa (CV-22) to Sternocostal angle (CV-17)

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9 cun

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24
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L4

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level with iliac spine

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25
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T7

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level with the inferior border of the scapula

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26
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Anatomical Position: Body -

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Erect

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27
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Anatomical Position: Feet

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Slightly Apart

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28
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Anatomical Position: Palms -

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Facing forward

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29
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Anatomical Position: Thumbs

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Pointing away from the body

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30
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Superior

31
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Inferior

32
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Anterior

33
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Posterior

34
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Medial

35
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Lateral

36
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Distal

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Further from the trunk

37
Q

Proximal

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Closer to trunk

38
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Deep

39
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Superficial

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Surface level

40
Q

Anitomical positioning

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Standardized. Terms compare and depend on the relationship and context of the relationship.

41
Q

Fascia

A

Tissue said to house the channels

42
Q

Arteries

A

Have lub dub pulse

43
Q

Depth of needles

A

Depends on location, fat, body make up

44
Q

Yin and Yang

A

In harmony, always doing a dance for the natural order of fluxuation

45
Q

Cun Measurement System

A

Always tailored to physiology and growth. Measurements are always definite, but the length of cun dependent on person.

46
Q

Glabella

A

the smooth part of the forehead above and between the eyebrows.

47
Q

The Popliteal Fossa

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is a diamond-shaped space behind the knee joint

48
Q

The medial epicondyle of the femur

A

is an epicondyle, a bony protrusion, located on the medial side of the femur at its distal end. Right knee-joint. Anterior view.

49
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Lateral malleolus

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is the name given to the bone on the outside of the ankle joint, called the fibula.

50
Q

The greater trochanter of the femur

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is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system.

51
Q

The anterior boundary

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is called the anterior axillary fold and this is rounded in shape and formed by the lower border of the pectoralis major.

52
Q

The acromion process

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is the origin of the acromial head of the deltoid muscle, which courses distally and covers the scapular neck.

53
Q

What is needling relative to?

A

Skin surface as opposed to absolute horizontal

54
Q

Signs of Pneumothorax and causes

A

chest pain, tightness, cough, short breath, tachycardia, hypotension, sweating, loss of conciousness.

Needling space between pleaura layers can cause it

55
Q

Organs to take care needling around

A

pleura, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder

56
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Pleurea layers

A

Parietal Pleurea: cover inside thoracic cavity (upper diaphragm and meadiastinum holding heart and great vessels)

Visceral Pleurea: covers each lung separately

57
Q

Pleaural cavity

A

Potential space between layers of pleaura

58
Q

Pleural cavity

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Superclavicular fossa supperior to 8th rib in the mid clavicular line to 10th rib midline to 12 rib lateral to erector spinae

59
Q

Resting lung position

A

2 rib spaces above pleural reflection anteriorly, medially, and laterally

60
Q

Inferior surface of heart placement

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rests on diaphragm particularly if enlarged

61
Q

Liver location

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under diaphragm in right subcostal area, extends to midline epigastric area

62
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Spleen location

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Beneath 9th, 10th, and 11th rib on left side. Deep to postero-lateral aspect of rib cage

Extends anteriorly and inferiorly if enlarged

63
Q

Kidney Location and needle angle

A

Posterior abdominal wall, deep to paravertebral muscles between 12th thoracic and 3rd lumbar vertibrate

Needles obliquely towards spine vs perpendicular below BL 24

64
Q

Arrival of qi vs blood vessel hit

A

Qi: heaviness, numbness, aching

Vessel: pain, sharpness

65
Q

Venious bleeding pressure

66
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Arterial bleeding pressure

67
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How to count ribs

A

count from the 2nd downwards

68
Q

How to count vertibrates

A

C7 down to T1-T9

69
Q

How to locate L3

A

Put hands on sides of pelvis at the high point of iliac crest, wrap thumbs medially to midline between L3 and L4

70
Q

Counting L4-L10

A

Count upwards from L5

71
Q

Sacral formina

A

Openings concave anterior surface of the sacrum

72
Q

Inner bladder location, back shu point line

A

1.5 cun lateral to midline on the highest point of paraspinal muscles

73
Q

Sternocostal angle

A

(Reference point for many abdominal points)
Palpate for depression above xiphoid process and below sternum

74
Q

Spleen and stomach channels on lower abdomen

A

Spleen: Below umbilicus 4 cun line measured from midline to lateral border of rectus abdominus

Stomach: at 2 cun line

Acupuncture 1 (21 decks)

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