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Vertebral landmarks
NMS Diagnosis
16
Health Care
Professional
04/17/2013

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Term
Largest bony prominence on the back of the skull
Definition
External Occipital Protuberance
Term
Halfway between angle of jaw and mastoid process
Definition
Transverse process of C1
Term
First palpable bony prominence below EOP
Definition
C2
Term
Hyoid bone
Definition
C3
Term
Upper border of thyroid cartilage
Definition
C4
Term
Lower border of thyroid cartilage
Definition
C5
Term
Lower border of cricoid cartilage
Definition
C6
Term
Last moveable spinous process on flexion
Definition
C7 [70%] or T1 [30%]
Term
Root of the spine of scapula
Definition
T3
Term
Suprasternal notch [Burn’s space]
Definition
T2
Term
Manubriosternal angle
Definition
T4/5
Term
Inferior scapular angle lying down
Definition
T6
Term
Inferior scapular angle sitting up
Definition
T7
Term
Xiphisternal angle
Definition
T9
Term
Iliac crest or umbilicus
Definition
L4
Term
Posterior superior iliac spine
Definition
S2
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