The Human Body: Planes
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Memorizing all of the bones in the human body came relatively easy for me. Learning the muscle groups was somewhat more challenging, but still fairly straightforward. The planes of movement of the human body, on the other hand, was somewhat of a shot in the dark for a person, such as myself, who has enough difficulty keeping their left and right straight. I suspect the piece-meal approach is going to work best for me in terms of digesting information that does not make natural sense.
| Name | Description |
| Frontal | Separates the body into Anterior and Posterior parts |
| Median | Separates the body into Right and Left parts |
| Horizontal | Separates the body into Superior and Inferior parts |
| Sagittal | Any plane parallel to the median plane |
The following web site does a great job of relating this information: http://home.comcast.net/~wnor/terminologyanatplanes.htm
