Atlas of Acupuncture

3.1 Head

3.1.2 Centre of the Face and

Nasal Region

Cheek bones (
Figs 3.12, 3.13)

Both the maxilla and the zygoma form the cheek bones below

the eyes. Important anatomical landmarks are the infraorbital

foramen, the lower border of the zygoma and the zygomatic arch

of the temporal bone.

Infraorbital foramen (
Figs 3.12, 3.13)

With the patient looking straight ahead, the infraorbital foramen

with 
ST-2is located on the maxilla, directly below the pupil.

The foramen lies 1 finger-width below the infraorbital ridge. By

palpating inferiorly from there, it can be felt below the maximal

curvature of the ridge, in a small depression that is often sensi-

tive to pressure.

ST-2

S.I.-18

Zygomatic bone

(zygoma)

Maxilla

(upper jaw)

Infraorbital foramen

Fig. 3.12

Apertura piriformis

Frontal squama

Zygomatic

bone

Orbit

ST-2

Infraorbital

foramen

Maxilla

S.I.-18

Fig. 3.13

Infraorbitalmargin ST-2

Fig. 3.14