Biology / Unit 12 Bio 2723 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Body Planes
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The idea
A standing vertebrate divides by three anatomical planes: sagittal, splitting left and right; frontal, splitting front and back; and transverse, splitting upper and lower.
In practice
A transverse cut separates a goat's upper body from its lower body, producing what doctors call a cross section.
Where people slip
"Frontal" and "coronal" name the same plane — front-to-back, not top-to-bottom.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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