Surface Marking-1

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SUPERIOR EXTREMITY

POINTS LINES
1. Tip of Acromion 1. Axillary artery
2. Tip of coracoid process 2. Brachial artery
3. Inferior angle of scapula 3. Radial artery(in forearm)
4. Head of Radius 4. Superficial palmar arch
5. Head of Ulna 5. Deep palmar arch
6 Acromial angle 6. Radial nerve(in arm)
7. Pisiform bone 7. Radial nerve(in forearm)
8. Hook of hamate 8. Ulnar nerve(in arm)
9. Ulnar nerve(in forearm)
10. Median nerve
11. Axillary nerve
INFERIOR EXTREMITY

POINTS LINES
1. Anterior superior iliac spine 1. Femoral artery
2. Tubercle of iliac crest 2. Anterior tibial artery
3. Tubercle of tibia 3. Deep peroneal nerve
4. Tuberosity of navicular bone 4. Common peroneal nerve
5. Arteria dorsalis pedis
6. Posterior tibial artery
7. Tibial nerve in popliteal fossa
and leg

THORAX

POINTS LINES
1.Sternal angle 1. Anterior border of left lung
2.Apex of heart 2.Right border of heart
3.Tip of 7th thoracic spine 3. Left border of heart
4. Arch of aorta
5. Superior vena cava
ABDOMEN

POINTS LINES
1. . Origin of coeliac trunk 1. Transpyloric plane
2. Origin of superior mesenteric artery 2. Subcostal plane
3. Duodeno-jejunal flexure 3. Transtubercular plane
4. McBurney’s point 4. . Kidneys from the back
5. Fundus of gall bladder 5. Lesser and greater curvatures
of stomach
6. Cardiac orifice of stomach 6. Root of mesentery
7. Pyloric orifice of stomach 7. Upper& lower border of liver

8. Ileo-caecal orifice
9. Right colic flexure
HEAD-NECK

POINTS LINES
1. Pre-auricular point 1. Frontal air sinus
2. Nasion 2. Parotid duct
3. Supra-orbital notch/foramen 3. Isthmus of thyroid gland
4. Common carotid artery
5. Internal carotid artery
6. Internal jugular vein
7. Spinal accessory nerve
8. Facial artery in the face

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