Anatomical Planes And Sections

Question 1

Sagittal plane

Answer 1

Parallel to the body’s long axis and divides the body into left and right sections

Question 2

Coronal plane

Answer 2

Parallel to the body’s long axis, but the section divides the body into anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) portions

Question 3

Transverse plane (aka Cross section)

Answer 3

Perpendicular to the body’s long axis. It divides body into a superior part and an inferior part

Question 4

Oblique plane

Answer 4

Made at a right angle to the longitudinal axis