Chapter 6 Body Planes and Body Directions

Any vertical plane parallel to the midline that divides the body into unequal left and right portions

• horizontal plane

• sagittal plane

• frontal plane

• axial

Three imaginary lines used to divide the body into sections

• appedicular

• axial

• planes

• medial

toward the front

• anterior

• posterior

toward the back

• anterior

• posterior

Referring to the body region that comprises the head, neck, and trunk

• appendicular

• axial

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• Physiology

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Imaginary line that divides the body into equal left and right sides

• sagittal plane

• midsagittal plane

• horizontal plane

• frontal plane

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• Physiology

• Anatomy

Above another portion , or closer to the head

• Superior

• Inferior

Plane that divides the body into superior and inferior poritons

• sagittal plane

• midsagittal plane

• horizontal plane

• frontal plane