Body Planes

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Frontal Plane

The frontal, or coronal plane, divides the body into front and back portions. In other words, this is a vertical lengthwise plane running from side to side

Transverse Plane

The transverse, or horizontal plane, is a crosswise plane that runs parallel to the ground. This imaginary cut would divide the body or its parts into upper and lower portions.

Sagittal Plane

This vertical plane, also called the median plane, runs lengthwise from front to back and divides the body or any of its parts into right and left portions. The right and left sides do not have to equal


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