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This was an arbitrary decision made by anatomists many centuries ago. It is based on the "anatomical position". This was made so each would know what the other was speaking about.
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What plane divides the body into front and back halves?
frontal plane or coronal plane
What is the plane that divides the body into front and back halves is?
Coronal/frontal plane.
What divides the body into anterior and posterior portions?
The body is divided into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions by the frontal (coronal) plane. This plane runs vertically from side to side and divides the body into front and back halves.
What is the medical term for coronal plane?
Coronal plane is a medical term. It is an imaginary line that slices the body in half cutting the body into front and back halves.
What are the three planes of movement?
1. Frontal plane is also called (Coronal Plane)- Divides the body into front and back halves. 2. Saggittal plane- Divides the body into left and right division. 3. Transverse plane- Horizontal division that divides the body into upper and lower halves. -Mariah Pappan
Is your liver at the front or back of the body?
front
Plane that divides the body into left and right halves?
The sagittal plane divides the body into right and left halves.
What means from the front to the back of the body.?
Anterial and ventral
What section separates the body into dorsal and ventral parts?
well all the body planes separate the body into two planes. the frontal plane separates it into anterior(front) and posterior(back) sagital separates medial and lateral, transverse superior and inferior.
What is imaginary line that runs through the body dividing the body into right and left parts?
Axis
How do you spell back in french?
back (opposite of front) = derrièreback (body part) = le dos
Is the lungs in the front or the back of the ribs?
The lungs are inside your body so it isn't really in the front or back. It is in the chest area or upper body.
