Anatomy - Landmarks
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- C4
- Hyoid bone, bifurcation of carotid
- C5
- Thyroid cartilage, feel carotid pulse
- C6
- Cricoid cartilage, start trachea
- T2
- Suprasternal notch, upper aortic arch
- T4/5
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Bifurc of trachea
Sternal angle (of Louis)
Aortic arch
Sup/Inf mediastinal jn
2nd rib/costal cartilage - T5-7
- pulmonary hilum
- T6/7
- 3rd rib/costal cartilage
- T7
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Great vessels enter/leave heart
Inferior tip of scapulae - T8
- Hiatus of IVC
- T10
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Xiphisternal notch/jn
Esophageal hiatus - T12
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Aortic hiatus
Celiac artery (just below)
Upper pole of L kidney - T12-L1
- Duodenum
- L1
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SMA
Upper pole of R kidney - L1/L2
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Transpyloric plane (halfway b/t xiph jn and umbil, or halfway b/t suprastern notch and pubic symph)
END OF ADULT SPINAL CORD - L2/L3
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Renal arteries
Subcostal plane - L3
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IMA
Umbilicus (T10 Spinal nerve) - L4
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Iliac crests (supracristal plane)
Bifurc of aorta - L5
- Tubercles of Ileum
- S1
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Sacral promontory
Sigmoid colon starts - S2
- End of dural sac, dura, arachnoid, subarachnoid space, CSF
- S3
- End of sigmoid colon
- nerve C3-5
- Phrenic nerve
- nerve C5-8, T1
- Brachial plexus
- nerve C10
- Vagus nerve (passes anterior to root of lung)
- nerves T1-L2
- Sympathetic nervous system spinal levels
- T5-T9
- Greater splanchnic (celiac)
- T10-T11
- Lesser splanchnic (SMA)
- T11-12
- Least splanchnic (IMA)
- L1-2
- Lumbar splanchnic (Renal)
- S2-S4
- Sacral/pelvic splanchnic
- dermatome C2
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dermatome
top, posterior skull - dermatome C3,C4
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dermatome
neck - dermatome C5
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dermatome
clavicle - dermatome C5,6,7
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dermatome
lat parts of upper limb - dermatome C8, T1
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dermatome
medial parts of upper limbs - dermatome C6
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dermatome
thumb - dermatome C6,7,8
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dermatome
hand - dermatome C8
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dermatome
ring and little fingers - dermatome T4
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dermatome
nipple level - dermatome T10
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dermatome
umbilicus level - dermatome T12, L1
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dermatome
groin/inguinal region - dermatome L1,2,3,4
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dermatome
ant/inner surfaces of lower limbs - dermatome L4,5, S1
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dermatome
foot - dermatome L4
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dermatome
medial side of greater toe - dermatome S1,2, L5
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dermatome
Posterior and outer sides of lower limb - dermatome S1
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dermatome
lateral margin of foot and little toe - dermatome S2,3,4
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dermatome
perineum - T6,8,10
- inferior boarders of lungs