PLANES

OF
THE
BODY
.
 Anatomical Planes

Fixed lines of reference along which the

body is often divided or sectioned to

facilitate viewing of its structures.
Allow one to obtain a three-dimensional

perspective by studying the body from

different views.
The Three Anatomical Planes

Sagittal Plane

Coronal Plane

Transverse

Plane
C  oronal plane (frontal)

O  blique

S  agittal plane

T  ransverse plane
Two Vertical Sagittal Coronal
Plane Plane
Planes:

One Horizontal Transverse (Horizontal)

Plane
Plane:

One “Odd” Angle Oblique

Plane
Plane:
 SAGITAL PLANE
Sagittal Plane
 It runs vertically
from top to Midsagittal Plane
bottom, and it  If the sagittal plane
divides the body runs directly down
into a left and right the midline of the
portion. body, it is called a
 Sagittal planes that
“midsagital plane”
are uneven (not or median plane.
down the midline)
Parasagittal Plane
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 Sagittal Plane

A vertical plane extending in

an anteroposterior direction
dividing the body into right and
left parts, effectively the
forward and backward plane.
Is any plane parallel to the

median plane.
Sagittal Plane
 OBLIQUE PLANE
“Oblique”
Oblique Plane
means that
A plane that is something is
not parallel or
any type of
a right angle.
angle other An easy way
to remember
than
this is to
horizontal or remember
Oblique Plane

OBLIQUE MUSCLE

Obliques = Odd Angles

 Coronal Plane (Frontal)
A vertical plane at a right

angle to the sagittal plane

that divides the body into
anterior (front) and
posterior (back) portions,
effectively the side
movement plane.
Coronal Plane
 Transverse Plane (Horizontal)

A horizontal cross-section

that divides the body into

upper and lower sections
and lies right to the other
two planes: the rotational
movement plane.
Transverse Plane
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