Directional Terms and Body Planes

What type of plane is shown in this image?

• midsagittal plane

• sagittal plane

• frontal plane

• transverse plane

What type of plane is shown in this image?

• midsagittal plane

• sagittal plane

• frontal plane

• transverse plane

What type of plane is shown in this image?

• midsagittal plane

• sagittal plane

• frontal plane

• transverse plane

What type of plane is shown in #2?

• midsagittal plane

• sagittal plane

• frontal plane

• transverse plane

What type of plane is shown in #1?

• midsagittal plane

• sagittal plane

• frontal plane

• transverse plane

What type of plane is shown in #3?

• midsagittal plane

• sagittal plane

• frontal plane

• transverse plane

higher on the body; closer to the head; above

• superior

• inferior

• proximal

• distal

farther from the point of attachment of the limb to the body trunk

• medial

• lateral

• proximal

• distal

toward or at the surface of the body

• superior

• inferior

• superficial

• deep

toward the side; away from the midline of the body

• proximal

• distal

• medial

• lateral