Anatomical Sections

Anatomical terminology for body cavities.
Anatomical sections. Body planes and sections. Humans have multiple body cavities including the cranial cavity the vertebral cavity the thoracic cavity containing the pericardial cavity and the pleural cavity the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity. The frontal plane runs parallel to the long axis of the body produces anterior and posterior sections.
Transverse or horizontal planes divide the body into superior and inferior portions and are perpendicular to the longitudinal. Videos you watch may be added. Start studying anatomical planes and sections.
Below are examples of some commonly used anatomical directional terms and planes of the body. A coronal or frontal plane divides the body into dorsal and ventral back and front or posterior and anterior portions. A sagittal plane runs vertically from top to bottom and front to.
A sagittal plane divides the body into sinister and dexter left and right portions. The directional references allow the body to be divided along three imaginary planes. The three planes most commonly used in anatomical and medical imaging are the sagittal frontal or coronal and transverse plane.
The cranial region encompasses the upper part of the head while the facial region encompasses the lower half of the head beginning below the ears. If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device. Body planes are used to describe specific sections or regions of the body.
Anatomic terms describe the directions within the body as well as the body s reference planes cavities and regions there are many times in medicine that a doctor has to record information in a medical record or tell another doctor the exact body part or location of disorders or damage to your body or an organ. We call these scans. Anatomical directional termscan also be applied to the planes of the body.