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Body Planes and Sections
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Anatomy
12th Grade
01/31/2011

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Term
Section
Definition

The cut made when preparing to look at the internal stuctures of the body

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Plane
Definition

The imaginary line on which we split a person when looking at internal structure

 

Term
Sagittal section
Definition

A cut made the length of the body

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Midsagittal (medain) section
Definition
When both the left and right side of the body are symetrical after a sagittal section cut is made
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Frontal section
Definition
A cut lengthwise that seperates the body posterior and anterior
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Coronal section
Definition
A cut made lengthwise which seperates the anterior and posterior, another word for A frontal section
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Transverse section (cross section)
Definition
A cut made across, deviding the body into top and bottom
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