Anatomical terminology: practice question

The best answer is A, Sagittal plane. A sagittal plane runs from anterior to posterior and divides the body into right and left portions; a midsagittal plane passes through the midline and creates equal halves.

Oblique planes are angled and do not define the standard right-left division.

Transverse planes divide superior from inferior parts.

Coronal planes divide anterior from posterior parts.

It tests Anatomical terminology in Anatomy. The correct option holds because: Correct: sagittal planes divide right from left.

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