Body Planes and Sections

Question 1

Longitudinal plane

Answer 1

Passes through body or organ parallel to long axis

Question 2

Sagittal plane

Answer 2

Passes from front to back dividing body into left and right regions

Question 3

Midsagittal plane

Answer 3

Divides body into equal left and right regions

Question 4

Parasagittal plane

Answer 4

Doesn’t run through midline and divides body or organ into unequal left and right regions

Question 5

Frontal or coronal plane

Answer 5

Divides the body into anterior or posterior

Question 6

Transverse or horizontal plane

Answer 6

Divides body or organ into superior and inferior regions

Question 7

Oblique plane

Answer 7

Divides at an angle other than perpendicular or parallel to long axis