Anatomical Planes

Question 1

Name 4 anatomical planes.

Answer 1

1. Coronal/ Frontal plane
2. Sagittal/ Parasagittal/ Midsagittal/ Lateral plane
3. Median plane
4. Transverse/ Horizontal/ Axial plane

Question 2

Coronal/ Frontal plane

Answer 2

Vertical plane passing through body parallel to corporal suture of skull. If divides body into anterior and posterior.

Question 3

Sagittal/ Lateral plane

Answer 3

Vertical section through body dividing it into left and right.

Question 4

Median plane/ Median sagittal/ Midsagittal

Answer 4

Longitudinal section through body’s midline dividing body into left and right (equal parts).

Question 5

Paramedian

Answer 5

Longitudinal section of through body’s midline dividing body into left and right (not equal parts).

Question 6

Parasagittal

Answer 6

Parallel to mid sagittal but not in midline.

Question 7

Midsagittal

Answer 7

Passing in median plane/ midline.

Question 8

Transverse/ Horizontal/ Axial plane

Answer 8

Any plane passing through body at right angles to median and coronal planes divining body into superior and inferior.