Body Planes and Anatomical Terms

below another part of the body

• superior

• inferior

• distal

• proximal

front of the body

• ventral

• dorsal

• medial

• lateral

toward midline

• ventral

• dorsal

• medial

• lateral

Which plan divides the body into anterior and posterior?

• Coronal Plane

• Transverse Plane

• Sagital Plane

What is the anatomical term that splits the human body into the front plane and back?

• transverse

• saggital

• coronal

What anatomical plane divides the body or any of its parts into right and left sides?

• lateral

• coronal

• transverse

• sagittal

Answer explanation

Sagittal Plane is also called the Lateral Plane - they both separate the body systems left and right.

When standing upright, your knee is _____ to your head.

• inferior

• superior

• anterior

• dorsal

toward the side with respect to the imaginary midline

• distal

• lateral

• superior

• anterior

Which of the following is NOT an anatomical plane?

• vertical

• transverse

• lateral

• coronal

Which of the following planes is a horizontal line through the body?

• saggital

• transverse

• horizontal

• coronal