a&p hesi, pocket prep, Questions and answers. A1 biology. Graded A+
what are the three planes of the body? - transverse, sagittal, frontal (coronal) what plane cuts or divides the body into right and left portions? - sagittal (Always associate the sagittal plane with your right and left side, like the right and left turning signals of a car. When a driver wants to signal a right turn, the right blinker turns on and the left blinker remains off. Alternatively, when a left signal is needed, only the left blinker should be activated.) what plane cuts or divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) portions? - coronal (Imagine standing in line at the grocery store. People stand behind one another at a frontal plane) what plane cuts or divides the body into top (superior) and bottom (inferior) portions? - transverse (Think of the sun setting over a body of water: you have the sun at the top, the ocean at the bottom, and the transverse plane (horizon) in the middle. In this way, a sunset creates a transverse plane) what is another word for coronal? - frontal what is another word for transverse? - horizontal orientation and direction: above - superior orientation and direction: below - inferior orientation and direction:
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