Body planes, directions, and Cavities

divides the body into right and left sides

• Sagittal plane , right and left

• Transverse plane , above and below

• Frontal plane , front and back

• imaginary line , separates it into sections

divides the body into anterior and posterior sections

• Anterior

• Transverse plane

• Imaginary line

• Frontal plane

The frontal plane is sometimes called the

• Medial

• Lateral

• Coronal Plane

• Inferior

divides the body into superior and inferior portions

• Transverse plane , above and below

• Coronal plane, front and back

• Sagittal plane, right and left

a Body plane is an ______ drawn through the body which _____

• Sagittal plane

• Frontal plane

• MIdline

• imaginary line, separates it into sections

nearer to or at the front of the body

• Posterior

• Medial

• Inferior

• Anterior

at the back of the body

• Posterior

• Proximal

• Superficial

• Lateral

toward the head or the upper part of a structure

• Medial

• Superior

• Deep

• Ipsilateral

away from the head

• Distal

• Superior

• Contralateral

• Inferior

towards the midline

• medial

• Lateral

• Proximal

• distal