planes

coronal plane

(aka frontal plane); separates body from front and back. (Ventral or anterior = front half and dorsal or posterior = back half)

frontal plane

(also coronal plane) passes vertically through the body or organs and produces anterior and posterior sections (frontal sections)

coronal section

a cut along the frontal plane yields a frontal or coronal section view of the inside of the body

sagittal section

a cut along the sagittal plane reveals the sagittal section view of the inside of the body

sagittal plane

a vertical plane that divides the body into unequal left and right portions

transverse plane

crosswise plane that runs parallel to the ground. divides body into top and botton

transverse section

cut along transverse plane gives transverse section view of the body

frontal section

cut made along a lengthwise plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts (coronal section)

cross section

cut perpendicular to long axis

horizontal plane

cuts , transverse; refers to a cut that divides the body into superior and inferior portions

median plane

divides body or any of its parts into righ and left portions

longitudinal section

lengthwise cut through any type of specimen