Name __________________________________________
Date ______________________________ Class ______
Anatomy & Physiology
Planes and Sections
Matching: Please write the correct letter in the space to the right of each number. You may use each choice one, more
than once, or not at all. For all questions, assume the body is in anatomical position.
1.
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Which planes through the body can be produced by cutting the body from a
superior to an inferior direction? (In other words, begin the cut at the head and cut down
A. Frontal
(coronal)
B. Midsagittal
to the toes.) List all 3 possible cuts.
C. Parasagittal
2.
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In a sword fight, Sir Robert lost his ear as his opponent brought the sword down
and cleanly sliced off his ear. The cut which removed his ear from his head was made in
the _____ plane.
D. Transverse
(horizontal)
3.
_____
When a surgeon amputates a leg above the knee, the separation is made in the _____ plane.
4.
_____
The esophagus is a tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach, and runs along the midline of
the body. Which plane would make a cross section through the esophagus?
5.
_____
You wish to make a cut which separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity. Such a cut
would lie in the _____ plane.
6.
_____
Which two planes, when passed through the body, would result in 2 sections, with each section
containing a piece of the heart and a piece of both lungs?
7.
_____
A cut which separates the dorsal body cavity from the ventral body cavity would lie in the _____ plane.
8.
_____
If you make a cut which separates the right iliac region form the hypogastric region, this would be in
the __8.__ plane,
9.
_____
but a cut which separates the right iliac region from the right lumbar region would be in the __9.__
plane.
10. _____
A plane which passed through the body, diving the left lung into right and left parts would be a __10.__
plane,
11. _____
while a plane which passes through the body so that the left lung is divided into superior and inferior
portions would be a __11.__ plane.