Kidney KI location

Question 1

KI1

Answer 1

On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, approximately at the anterior third and the posterior two thirds of the line from the web between the 2nd and 3rd toes to the back of the heel.

Question 2

KI3 (essential)

Answer 2

On the medial aspect of the foot, posterior to the medial malleolus, in the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and tendo calcaneus.

Question 3

KI4

Answer 3

On the medial aspect of the foot, posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression anterior to the medial side of the attachment of tendo calcaneus.

Question 4

KI5

Answer 4

On the medial aspect of the foot, posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, 1 cun directly below KI3, in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneum.

Question 5

KI6

Answer 5

On the medial aspect of the foot, in the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus.

Question 6

KI7 (essential)

Answer 6

On the medial aspect of the lower leg, 2 cun directly above KI3, anterior to tendo calcaneus.

Question 7

KI10

Answer 7

When the knee is flexed, the point is on the medial side of the popliteal fossa, between the tendons of m. semitendinosus and semimembranosus.

Question 8

KI27

Answer 8

On the chest, on the lower border of the clavicle, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.