Dorsal plane

The dorsal plane (also known as the coronal plane or frontal plane, especially in human anatomy) is an anatomical plane that divides the body into dorsal and ventral sections^[1]. It is perpendicular to the sagittal and transverse planes.

Dorsal plane
The standard anatomical planes of both a human and a goat displaying three anatomical planes:   the midsagittal plane   the transverse plane   the dorsal plane, often called the coronal or frontal plane in human anatomy
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Identifiers
Latin	plana coronalia
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Human anatomy

The coronal plane is an example of a longitudinal plane. For a human, the mid-coronal plane would transect a standing body into two halves (front and back, or anterior and posterior) in an imaginary line that cuts through both shoulders.

The sternal plane (planum sternale) is a coronal plane which transects the front of the sternum.^[2]

Etymology

The term is derived from Latin corona ('garland, crown'), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korōnē, 'garland, wreath'). The coronal plane is so called because it lies in the same direction as the coronal suture.^{[citation needed]}

Additional images

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  CT scan of the paranasal sinuses with coronal reconstruction (right) and axial planning data (left).
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  Sectional planes of the brain
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  Identical twins at a gestational age of 15 weeks, shown in coronal and sagittal plane, respectively
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  Sagittal section (top) vs. coronal section (bottom) of a mouse brain

See also

This article uses anatomical terminology.

• Anatomical terms of location
• Sagittal plane
• Transverse plane