📓 Anatomical Planes
Brian Lee
Jul 08, 2025
- Sagittal
- Divides Body Into
- Left / Right
- Movements (Examples)
- Flexion & Extension (nodding, elbow bend)
- Frontal (Coronal)
- Divides Body Into
- Front / Back
- Movements (Examples)
- Abduction & Adduction (lifting arm to side)
- Transverse (Horizontal)
- Divides Body Into
- Top / Bottom
- Movements (Examples)
- Rotation (twisting at the waist)
- Oblique
- Divides Body Into
- Diagonal slices
- Movements (Examples)
- Combined movements (reaching across the body)