Chapter 7 - 9

What bony landmark is best palpated by following the rectus femoris muscle to its proximal attachment?

AIIS

What is the carotid tubercle?

Anterior tubercle of transverse process of C6

What joint position is necessary to palpate the trochlear groove of the femur?

Approximately 90 degrees of flexion of the knee joint

What vertebral bony landmarks of the cervical spine are excellent contact points for performing joint mobilization?

Articular processes

What is the order of the following bony landmarks of metacarpals and phalanges from proximal to distal?

Base, shaft, head

What bony landmark of the humerus is located between the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus?

Bicipital groove

What cervical vertebra does not have a spinous process?

C1

What two cervical spinous processes are the largest and easiest to palpate?

C2 and C7

At what vertebral level is the hyoid bone palpated?

C3

At what vertebral level is the thyroid cartilage palpated?

C4-C5

What vertebra is often called the vertebra prominens?

C7

What carpal bone is located immediately proximal to the base of the 3rd metacarpal?

Capitate

What bony landmark is located directly inferior to the concavity of the clavicle?

Coracoid process of the scapula

What landmark of the mandible is best palpated from inside the mouth?

Coronoid process

What bone is immediately proximal to the fifth metatarsal?

Cuboid

What bone lies in the depression on the lateral side of the foot?

Cuboid

Where on the ulna is the ulnar styloid located?

Distally and posteriorly

Where are the cuneiforms best palpated?

Dorsal foot

What bony landmark is easily palpable in the proximal posterolateral leg?

Fibular head

Which metacarpal has the most prominent base?

Fifth

What rib is palpated anterior to the superior border of the upper trapezius?

First

Which metatarsal heads are most easily palpated?

First and fifth

What bone is immediately distal to the navicular?

First cuneiform

What carpal bone is best palpated approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch distal and lateral to the pisiform?

Hamate

Which of the following bony landmarks is immediately distal to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus?

Head of the radius

The ASIS is the most anterior aspect of what bony landmark?

Iliac crest

From which direction is it best to palpate the ischial tuberosity?

Inferior

Palpation of the acromioclavicular joint is best done from which direction?

Lateral to medial

What bony landmark is best palpated by following the psoas major muscle to its proximal attachment?

Lesser trochanter

What bony landmark is palpable in the proximal lateral thigh?

Lesser trochanter

What bony landmark is located immediately posterior to the earlobe?

Mastoid process of temporal bone

Which of the following bony landmarks is easiest to palpate?

Medial border of the shaft of the ulna

What joint is palpated immediately proximal to the proximal phalanx of a finger?

Metacarpophalangeal

Where is the external occipital protuberance located?

Midline of superior nuchal line

What are the three most prominent bony landmarks of the medial foot?

Navicular tuberosity, medial malleolus, sustentaculum tali

What bony landmark forms a dimple in the skin that overlies it to the medial side?

PSIS

What two carpals are easily palpable on the anterior and ulnar side of the wrist?

Pisiform and hamate

Where is the tarsal sinus palpated?

Proximal lateral foot

Where in the foot is the navicular tuberosity palpated?

Proximally and medially

What bony landmark is located midline at the most inferior aspect of the anterior abdomen?

Pubic tubercle

Which of the following bony landmarks is located on the lateral side of the wrist region?

Radial styloid

What bony landmark of the mandible is palpated directly superior to the angle of the mandible?

Ramus

What bony landmark is located at the medial end of the spine of the scapula?

Root of the spine of the scapula

What carpal bone is palpated in the anatomic snuffbox?

Scaphoid

The tubercles of what two carpals are fairly easily palpated in the wrist on the anterior and radial side?

Scaphoid and trapezium

What carpals are in the proximal row?

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

At what rib level is the angle of Louis palpated?

Second

What joint is palpated directly lateral to the suprasternal notch of the sternum?

Sternoclavicular

Which of the following landmarks of the scapula is most challenging to palpate?

Superior border

What is the best direction to strum the spine of the scapula when palpating it?

Superior to inferior

What bony landmark is palpated approximately one inch posterior to the navicular tuberosity?

Sustentaculum tali

What joint position is necessary to palpate the olecranon fossa of the humerus?

The elbow joint must be partially flexed.

In what region of the spine are spinous processes most easily palpable?

Thoracic

What bony landmark is palpated immediately distal to the patella and midline?

Tibial tuberosity

Between what structures of the thoracic spine is the laminar groove located?

Transverse process and spinous process

What bony landmark is palpated between the ramus of the mandible and the mastoid process of the temporal bone?

Transverse process of C1

What bony landmark is palpated directly inferior to the ear?

Transverse process of C1

What landmark is palpated at the inferior end of the sternum?

Xiphoid process

What bone is easily palpable inferolateral to the eye?

Zygomatic

What bony landmark is palpable immediately posterior to the zygomatic bone?

Zygomatic arch of temporal bone