{"id":126,"date":"2018-06-18T16:24:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T20:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/chapter\/body-planes-and-sections\/"},"modified":"2018-11-06T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T17:24:57","slug":"body-planes-and-sections","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/chapter\/body-planes-and-sections\/","title":{"raw":"Body Planes and Sections","rendered":"Body Planes and Sections"},"content":{"raw":"The directional references allow the body to be divided along three imaginary <strong>planes<\/strong>. The <strong>frontal plane<\/strong> runs parallel to the long axis of the body produces <em>anterior<\/em> and <em>posterior<\/em> <strong>sections<\/strong>. The frontal plane is sometimes referred to as the <strong>coronal <\/strong>(kor-O-nal)<strong> plane<\/strong>, particularly when dealing with sections through the skull. The <strong>sagittal<\/strong> (sa-GI-tal) <strong>plane<\/strong> also runs parallel to the long axis of the body, but produces <em>left<\/em> and <em>right<\/em> sections. When the plane passes through the <em>midline<\/em> of the body, and equal left and right sections are produced, the term <strong>midsagittal<\/strong> is used. When any other sagittal section is produced, the term <strong>parasagittal<\/strong> is used. The <strong>transverse (or horizontal) plane<\/strong> is perpendicular to the long axis of the body, and produces <em>superior<\/em> and <em>inferior<\/em> sections.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.shoppingtrolley.net\/images\/anatomy\/anatomical-position.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"333\" align=\"right\" \/>\r\n\r\nThese planes, and the sections that they produce, provide an opportunity to explore the three-dimensional relationships between anatomical structures. Numerous medical imaging techniques including x-rays, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide sectional views of the internal structures of the body.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>The directional references allow the body to be divided along three imaginary <strong>planes<\/strong>. The <strong>frontal plane<\/strong> runs parallel to the long axis of the body produces <em>anterior<\/em> and <em>posterior<\/em> <strong>sections<\/strong>. The frontal plane is sometimes referred to as the <strong>coronal <\/strong>(kor-O-nal)<strong> plane<\/strong>, particularly when dealing with sections through the skull. The <strong>sagittal<\/strong> (sa-GI-tal) <strong>plane<\/strong> also runs parallel to the long axis of the body, but produces <em>left<\/em> and <em>right<\/em> sections. When the plane passes through the <em>midline<\/em> of the body, and equal left and right sections are produced, the term <strong>midsagittal<\/strong> is used. When any other sagittal section is produced, the term <strong>parasagittal<\/strong> is used. The <strong>transverse (or horizontal) plane<\/strong> is perpendicular to the long axis of the body, and produces <em>superior<\/em> and <em>inferior<\/em> sections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shoppingtrolley.net\/images\/anatomy\/anatomical-position.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"333\" alt=\"image\" style=\"float: right;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These planes, and the sections that they produce, provide an opportunity to explore the three-dimensional relationships between anatomical structures. Numerous medical imaging techniques including x-rays, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide sectional views of the internal structures of the body.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-126","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":99,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126\/revisions\/580"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/99"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/126\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedanatomy1sted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}