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PLANES
- PLANES OF HUMAN BODY ARE MAINLY
- CENTRAL PLANES
- median or sagittal
- frontal plane
- transverse plane or diaphragmatic plane
- ADJACENT PLANES
| LATIN | ENGLISH | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Plana frontalia; plana coronalia | Frontal planes; coronal planes | ||
| Plana horizontalia | Horizontal planes | ||
| Plana sagittalia | Sagittal planes | ||
| Planum medianum | Median plane; median sagittal plane | ||
| Plana paramediana | Paramedian planes | ||
| Plana transversalia | Transverse planes | ||
| Planum transpyloricum | Transpyloric plane | ||
| Planum subcostale | Subcostal plane | ||
| Planum supracristale | Supracristal plane | ||
| Planum intertuberculare | Intertubercular plane | ||
| Planum interspinale | Interspinous plane |
SCIENTIFIC ROOTS FOR BODY PLANES
| 2D PLANES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Coronalis | Coronal |  |
| Sagittalis | Sagittal |  |
| Dexter | Right |  |
| Sinister | Left |  |
| Anterior | Anterior |  |
| Posterior | Posterior |  |
| Ventralis | Ventral |  |
| Dorsalis | Dorsal |  |
| Frontalis | Frontal |  |
| Occipitalis | Occipital |  |
| Rostralis | Rostral |  |
| Medianus | Median |  |
| Medialis | Medial |  |
| Lateralis | Lateral |  |
| Centralis | Central |  |
| Periphericus; peripheralis | Peripheral |  |
| Proximalis | Proximal |  |
| Distalis | Distal |  |
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