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
