Anatomical planes: Are we teaching accurate surface anatomy?

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 819-826

  Mirjalili, S Ali ^a   McFadden, Sarah L ^a   Buckenham, Tim ^b   Wilson, Ben ^c   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anatomy education; clinical examination; sternal angle; subcostal plane; supracristal plane; transpyloric plane

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANATOMY; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; TEACHING; TRACHEA; TRUNK; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866488847     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22104     Document Type: Article

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