SURFACE ANATOMY

  • Clavicle lies horizontally at the root of neck separating it from the front of chest.the bone is subcutaneous , and therefore palpable throughout its length.medially it articulates with sternum at the sternoclavicular joint and laterally with the acromioclavicular joint.both the joints are palpable because of the upwward projecting ends of the clavicle.
  • Jugular notch (interclavicular or suprasternal notch)
  • Sternal angle (angle of Louis) is felt as a transverse ridge about 5cm below the jugular notch.
  • Epigastric fossa (pit of stomach) is the depression in infrasternal angle. The fossa overlies the xiphoid process, and is bounded on each side by the seventh costal cartilage.
  • Nipple is markedly variable in position in females.In males and in immature females , it usually lies in the fourth intercostal space just medial to the midclavicular line.
  • Midclavicular line
  • Infraclavicular fossa (deltopectoral triangle)
  • Tip of coracoid process
  • Acromion
  • Axilla
  • Midaxillary line

Scapula (shoulder blade ) is placed on posterolateral aspect of upper part of thorax.

Eighth rib is just below the inferior angle of scapula.

Iliac crest is a curved bony ridge lying below the waist. Sacrum lies between the right and left dimples of posterior superior iliac spine. Coccyx lies between two buttocks in median plane.

  • regio scapularis
  • regio vertebralis
  • regio infrascapularis
  • regio lumbalis
  • regio sacralis
WHOLE CAVITY FRONT BACK ROOF BASE SIDES
RIGHT LEFT
HEAD Head cavity front head backhead headroof headbase sidehead
NECK neck cavity frontneck backneck neckbase sideneck
CHEST chest cavity frontchest thoraxroof thoraxbase thoraxsides
Male
Female
ABDOMEN abdominal cavity
male
female
PELVIS pelvic cavity Front pelvis Back Pelvis pelvic floor Side Pelvis
Male
Female
ARM arm compartment frontarm backarm shoulder
THIGH thigh compartment frontthigh backthigh Coxa (Hip joint) sidethigh
ELBOW elbow compartment elbowpit
KNEE knee compartment Genu (knee) kneepit
FOREARM forearm compartment frontforearm backforearm
LEGS legs compartment frontleg backleg sideleg
WRIST wrist compartment
ANKLE ankle compartment ankle
HAND hand compartment fronthand
FOOT foot compartment Pes (Foot)
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  • en/surface_anatomy.txt
  • 2023/06/03 06:49
  • brahmantra