Clinical Skills Lab
Surface Anatomy & Palpation
Find 26 key bony landmarks and pulses on the body map — how to palpate each, the spinal level it marks, what lies nearby and why it matters clinically.Roman Urdu: 26 ahem bony landmarks aur pulses dhoondna — kaise palpate karna hai, kaunsa spinal level batata hai aur clinically kyun zaroori hai.
- landmark atlas items
- 26landmark atlas items
- practice questions
- 152practice questions
- flashcards
- 130flashcards
- OSCE stations
- 3OSCE stations
Opening Surface Anatomy & Palpation…
Everything in this skill (26 items) and sources
- Suprasternal (jugular) notch
- Sternal angle (angle of Louis)
- Xiphoid process
- Acromioclavicular (AC) joint
- Coracoid process
- Medial epicondyle
- Lateral epicondyle
- Radial styloid
- Olecranon
- C7 spinous process
- Spine of the scapula (root)
- Inferior angle of the scapula
- Iliac crest (highest point)
- Posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS)
- Anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS)
- Femoral pulse (mid-inguinal point)
- Greater trochanter
- Ischial tuberosity
- Patella
- Tibial tuberosity
- Popliteal fossa (popliteal pulse)
- Head of the fibula
- Medial malleolus
- Lateral malleolus
- Dorsalis pedis pulse
- Calcaneus and Achilles insertion
Sources
- Field — Anatomy: Palpation and Surface Markings (5th ed.)
- Tixa — Atlas of Palpatory Anatomy
- Stiell et al. — Ottawa ankle and knee rules