Planes Of The Body

Question 1

Coronal/ Frontal plane

Answer 1

Plane dividing the anterior and posterior, front and back sides (run from side to side)

Question 2

Sagittal plane

Answer 2

is the left and right sections of body Ex the midline of body separating body into EQUAL halves (run top to bottom)

Question 3

Parasagittal plane

Answer 3

uneven cuts that divide body into left and right portions

Question 4

Transverse planes

Answer 4

Divide the body into upper and lower sections (Run side to side and front to back)

Question 5

Oblique planes

Answer 5

A plane that is any type of angle other than horizontal or vertical (oblique = odd angles)