Body Planes and Directional Terms

____________ Position: Body upright facing forward, arms at side w/ palms facing forward, feet slightly apart

• Anatomy

• Anatomical

• Standard

Plane that divides body into left and right sides:

• Sagittal

• medial

• transverse

What plane separates the body into a front and back section?

• Frontal/Coronal

• Sagittal

• Transverse

What term means near the midline or middle?

• Medial

• lateral

• transverse

Name the plane that divides the body into a top and bottom section:

(a)  

Body parts above a reference point

• Inferior

• Superior

• Medial

Body parts near the head

• Cranial

• Caudal

• Midline