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Any plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts, roughly perpendicular to spine.Syn: horizontal plane, transverse plane, transaxial plane
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plane — 1. A two dimensional flat surface. See planum. 2. An imaginary surface formed by extension of a point through any axis or two definite points, in reference especially to craniometry and to pelvimetry. SYN: planum. [L. planus, flat] Addison … Medical dictionary
axial fiber — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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axial — 1. [TA] Relating to an axis. SYN: axialis [TA], axile. 2. Relating to or situated in the central part of the body, in the head and trunk as distinguished from the limbs, e.g., a. skeleton. 3. In dentistry, relating to or parallel with the long… … Medical dictionary
axial — adj. at right angles to the long axis of the body, i.e. denoting a horizontal plane through a standing patient at 90° to the coronal and sagittal planes. This is the usual plane for the primary images obtained at computerized tomography. See also … The new mediacal dictionary
