Planes of the body

Question 1

What is the Coronal/Frontal plane?

Answer 1

= A plane perpendicular to the ground - it separates the front (anterior/ventral) from the back (posterior/dorsal).

Question 2

What is the Median/Midsaggital plane?

Answer 2

= A plane perpendicular to the ground - straight down the middle (from the middle of the head to between the feet) separating the left from the right.

Question 3

What is the Parasaggital plane?

Answer 3

= A plane perpendicular to the ground - sits parallel to the Midsaggital but doesn’t sit in the middle, it separates the left from the right unequally/unevenly.

Question 4

What is the Horizontal/Transverse plane?

Answer 4

= A plane parallel to the ground - separates the top (superior) from the bottom (inferior).
= “cross-section”

Question 5

What is the Oblique plane?

Answer 5

= A plane that sits diagonal to the ground.

Question 6

What is the Subcostal plane?

Answer 6

= A transverse plane that lies parallel to the ground that sits at the bottom of the ribs.
= The top horizontal plane that divides the nine abdominopelvic regions?

Question 7

What is the Intertubercular plane?

Answer 7

= A transverse plane that lies parallel to the ground that sits across the hips.
= The bottom horizontal plane that divides the nine abdominopelvic regions?

Question 8

What are the Mid-clavicular planes?

Answer 8

= The two vertical parasagittal planes that lie perpendicular to the ground, parallel to the midsaggital plane from the mid- clavicle and down.
= The two verticle planes that divide the nine abdominopelvic regions