@article{ART003390668},
author={Yangyunyi},
title={Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice},
journal={Anatomy & Biological Anthropology},
issn={2671-5651},
year={2026},
volume={39},
number={3},
pages={195-201},
doi={10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yangyunyi
TI - Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice
JO - Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
PY - 2026
VL - 39
IS - 3
PB - 대한체질인류학회
SP - 195
EP - 201
SN - 2671-5651
AB - This structured narrative review aimed to define clinically essential surface and neurovascular anatomy of the limbs for nursing practice. Clinically relevant anatomical studies, authoritative reviews, and practice guidance identified through targeted, non-systematic literature searches were synthesized. Structures were prioritized when nurses must directly locate them, use them for intramuscular injection, venous access, pulse palpation, or neurovascular assessment, or recognize preventable nerve, vessel, or compartment injury. The review identifies key bony landmarks, superficial veins, pulse points, peripheral nerves, muscles, and fascial compartments of the upper and lower limbs and links them to bedside assessment and procedures. It emphasizes that acute compartment syndrome should be suspected when pain is disproportionate to injury, pain increases with passive stretch, compartment tension increases, or paresthesia evolves; pulselessness and paralysis are late findings. Competency-based anatomy education should require nursing students to locate structures on the living body and apply anatomical relationships in procedure- and deterioration-based scenarios.
KW - Anatomy; Extremities; Nursing Assessment; Injections;Intramuscular; Compartment Syndromes
DO - 10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
ER -
Yangyunyi. (2026). Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 39(3), 195-201.
Yangyunyi. 2026, "Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice", Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, vol.39, no.3 pp.195-201. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
Yangyunyi "Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 39.3 pp.195-201 (2026) : 195.
Yangyunyi. Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice. 2026; 39(3), 195-201. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
Yangyunyi. "Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 39, no.3 (2026) : 195-201.doi: 10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
Yangyunyi. Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 39(3), 195-201. doi: 10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
Yangyunyi. Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology. 2026; 39(3) 195-201. doi: 10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
Yangyunyi. Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice. 2026; 39(3), 195-201. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
Yangyunyi. "Essential Surface and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Limbs for Clinical Nursing Practice" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 39, no.3 (2026) : 195-201.doi: 10.11637/aba.2026.39.3.195
