Coronal plane
Diagram showing the three major planes of the body.
Latin	plana coronalia
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A coronal plane (also known as the frontal plane) is any vertical plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal (front and back) sections. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group In fields of Anatomy, anatomical terms of location are descriptive terms to help identify relative positions or directions within a species

It is one of the planes of the body used to describe the location of body parts in relation to each other. In fields of Anatomy, anatomical terms of location are descriptive terms to help identify relative positions or directions within a species

Contents 1 Examples 2 Larger perspective 3 See also 4 External links

Examples

For a human, the mid-coronal plane would transect a standing body into two halves (front and back, or anterior and posterior) in an imaginary line that cuts through both shoulders.

Larger perspective

The coronal plane is an example of a longitudinal plane, because it is perpendicular to the transverse plane. In fields of Anatomy, anatomical terms of location are descriptive terms to help identify relative positions or directions within a species

See also

• Sagittal plane
• Transverse plane

External links

• http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/anatomical_orientation_module/anat_orient02.html

A sagittal plane of the human body is an imaginary plane that travels from the top to the bottom of the body dividing it into left and right portions The transverse or axial plane (also often transaxial plane) is an imaginary plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts

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