Surface and Regional Anatomy

p. 288-289

Introduction to Surface Anatomy

Palpation - examination with the hands, touching feeling, or perceiving by the sense of touch

Auscultation - listening to sounds emitted from organs

Observation - the art of looking

The Head, p. 291-296Cranium - braincase, covered with the

scalp, extends from the supraorbital arch to the superior nuchal line and laterally to the pinna

Face - divided into four regions ocular auricular nasal oral

The Neck, p. 297 - 300

The anterior region - the cervixRight and left lateral regionsPosterior region - the nuchaJugular notch

Triangles of the neck

Anterior cervical triangle carotid - SCM, posterior digastric, omohyoid m. submandibular - disgastirc m. inferior border of

mandible submental - unpaired, digastric and hyoid bone omotracheal - SCM, omohyoid, midline of neck

Posterior cervical triangle supraclavicular - SCM, trapezius and omohyoid omoclavicular - SCM and omohyoid

Trunk, p. 300-310

Back median furrow triangle of auscultation

Thorax costal arch midclavicular line

Abdomen linea semilunaris - lateral aspect of rectus

abdominis m. McBurney’s point - draw a line from the ASIS

and umbilicus, 1/3 distance from umbilicus. Overlies the appendix

Pelvis and Perineum, p. 310 - 311

Perineum - the area between the thighs extending from the coccyx to pubis and lying below the pelvic diaphragm.Contains the sexual organs and the anal opening.

Shoulder and Upper Extremity, p. 311-316 Shoulder - clavipectoral triangle - bounded

by the deltoid and the pectoralis major m. and lateral aspect of clavicle.

Axilla - armpit. Anterior axillary fold - pectoralis major m. Posterior axillary fold - latissimus dorsi m.

Brachium - arm cubital fossa

Antebrachium - forearm

Hand - manus thenar eminence

Buttock and Lower Extremity,p. 317-321Buttock

natal cleft - starts at L2, separates the buttocks into two prominences

fold of the buttock

Thigh femoral triangle

LegFoot

dorsal pedal artery

Read pages 321 - 322

Clinical considerations - good path discussion