Planes Of The Body

Question 1

Median or midsaggital plane

Answer 1

A vertical plane that divides the body into equal left and right halves

Question 2

Sagittal plane

Answer 2

Any plane parallel to the midsagittal plane

Question 3

Midcoronal or midfrontal plane

Answer 3

Vertical plane passes through the coronal sutures of the skull and midaxillary region of the body, dividing the body into equal front and back halves

Question 4

Coronal or frontal plane

Answer 4

Any vertical plane parallel to the midcoronal or midfrontal plane

Question 5

Axial, transverse or horizontal plane

Answer 5

The plane at right angles to the sagittal/coronal planes dividing the body into upper and lower portions