Median Plane

The median plane is a Midsagittal plane which bisects the body vertically through the navel, dividing the body exactly in left and right side. Sagittal plane is any plane parallel to the median plane.

It is one of the lines used to define the right upper quadrant of the human abdomen.

The midsternal line can be interpreted as a segment of the median plane.

Anatomical planes and lines (TA A01.2.00, GA 12.1309)
Sagittal plane
  • Median plane
  • front (Anterior median line/Midsternal line, Parasternal line, Midclavicular line, Anterior axillary line, Midaxillary line)
  • back (Posterior median line, Scapular line, Posterior axillary line)
Transverse plane
  • Thoracic plane
  • Transpyloric plane
  • Subcostal plane
  • Umbilical plane
  • Intertubercular plane
  • Interspinous plane
  • uterine plane
  • enterocolicosigmoid plane
Coronal/frontal plane
  • Midcoronal plane
  • Sternal plane
  • nasal plane
General anatomy: systems and organs, regional anatomy, planes and lines, superficial axial anatomy, superficial anatomy of limbs

Famous quotes containing the word plane:

    “At the moment when a man openly makes known his difference of opinion from a well-known party leader, the whole world thinks that he must be angry with the latter. Sometimes, however, he is just on the point of ceasing to be angry with him. He ventures to put himself on the same plane as his opponent, and is free from the tortures of suppressed envy.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)