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Medical Terminology Ch.2
Plane of the body
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Undergraduate 1
04/19/2012
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Term
Frontal (coronal) Plane
 Definition
Vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions
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Sagittal (lateral) Plane
 Definition
Lengthwise vertical plane dividing the body or structure into right and left sides
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Transverse Plane
 Definition
Horizontal plane running across the body parallel to the ground
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Midsagittal
 Definition
cuts the body into equal right and left sides.
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