MS14

Zhenxia Pangxian

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枕下旁線 (Zhěnxià Pángxiàn) — Lower-Lateral Line of Occiput

Scalp acupuncture line (WHO 1991) · Scalp — Occiput

Location

On the occiput, a 2 cun line running from BL9 straight down.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, back: MS14 · Crown & occiput
Fig. — MS14 · Crown & occiput approximate region After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: MS14 · Crown & occiput

MS14 · Crown & occiput · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Side view of the skull — Gray's Anatomy plate
Side view of the skull Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Side view of the skull — Gray's Anatomy plate

Side view of the skull · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

Clinical Notes

One of the fourteen scalp acupuncture lines of the WHO 1991 standard nomenclature. The lines were formerly named after the functional zones of the brain beneath them; the standard renamed them by surface anatomy so they are easier to locate, without changing that relationship.

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Sources

  • World Health Organization. A proposed standard international acupuncture nomenclature: report of a WHO Scientific Group. Geneva: WHO, 1991. §3.6, Figs. 1–7.

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