Umbilical Plane

The umbilical plane is the transverse plane passing through the umbilicus.

This is similar to the location of the mid-transverse plane, which is the transverse plane made through the waist, into roughly two halves: the torso, arms and head on the top, and the pelvis and legs (including hands if arms are held vertically) at the bottom. That is the plane seen in the picture.

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:

    “with the plane nowhere and her body taking by the throat
    The undying cry of the void falling living beginning to be something
    That no one has ever been and lived through screaming without enough air”
    —James Dickey (b. 1923)