A cut that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is called what?

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A cut that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is called what?

Think of the body as being sliced by imaginary flat surfaces called planes. The one that runs vertically from head to toe and from side to side, separating the front (anterior) from the back (posterior), is the frontal (coronal) plane. A cut along this plane is a frontal (coronal) section, giving a view of structures from the front to the back. This is different from the sagittal plane, which divides left and right (the midsagittal variant splits the body into equal left and right halves), and from the transverse plane, which is horizontal and divides the body into superior and inferior parts.

Think of the body as being sliced by imaginary flat surfaces called planes. The one that runs vertically from head to toe and from side to side, separating the front (anterior) from the back (posterior), is the frontal (coronal) plane. A cut along this plane is a frontal (coronal) section, giving a view of structures from the front to the back. This is different from the sagittal plane, which divides left and right (the midsagittal variant splits the body into equal left and right halves), and from the transverse plane, which is horizontal and divides the body into superior and inferior parts.

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