Body Planes
body planes demo
Name the planes in these figures:
Name the planes in these figures:
How would you name them?
Which is the front?
Body Planes
Body Planes
Mid-sagittal
or
Midline
Body Planes
Mid-sagittal
Coronal
or
or
Midline
Frontal
Body Planes
Mid-sagittal
Coronal
Transverse
or
or
or
Midline
Frontal
Horizontal
Directional Terms:
Planes and directional terms:
Translate between medical and
layman’s terms
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Frontal plane = Coronal plane
Transverse plane = Horizontal plane
Mid-saggital plane = Midline
Ventral = Front
Dorsal = Back
Anterior = Front
Posterior = Back
The Matching Game
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Each person has a card with a
medical or layman’s term on it
Get UP!
Find your match.
Trade cards with someone else a
few times as you walk around the
room.
At teacher’s signal, Find your new
match!
Repeat….
Body Planes revisited:
Body Planes revisited:
Coronal = Frontal
Body Planes revisited:
Coronal = Frontal
Transverse = Horizontal
Body Planes revisited:
Coronal = Frontal
Transverse = Horizontal
Mid-sagittal = Midline
You are the CSI agent
Mark the location of the
injury described in
the medical report.
“Deep Knife wound:
Left anterior lateral
chest, superior to
the iliac crest“
You are the CSI agent
Mark the location of the
injury described in the
medical report.
“Spider bite: Inferior to
the umbilicus, on the
midsaggital line, with
deep necrosis“
You are the CSI agent
Mark the location of the
injury described in the
medical report.
“Superficial Burn: Right
leg, medial surface,
just distal to the knee“
Where have you seen this?
Where have you seen this?
Just the Math:
In 3 dimensional
space, using
Cartesian
coordinates,
the coordinates are
the signed distances
to 3 perpendicular
planes
Just the Math:
Every point in
space has a
unique location
denoted by the
point (x,y,z)
The x value is the
signed distance
from the x-axis.
Likewise with y
and z.
Just the Math:
Plot the point
(2,4,5)
Just the Math:
Plot the point
(2,4,5)
Just the Math:
Plot the point
(-4,4,4)
Just the Math:
Plot the point
(-4,4,4)
How well do you know you terms?
Planes of the Banana
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Cut banana across the Transverse
plane, leaving Posterior peel to be
cut along its mid-saggital plane to
form legs.
Cut superior peel back to its coronal
plane, dividing the anterior peel to
form arms for the banana.
Planes of the Banana
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Write name on paper plate, for later
grading and display
Label the 3 planes on the banana peel, a
pen writes very well on banana peel
Use a tooth pick (spaghetti noodle) to
injure your banana, leaving it in the
“wound”
Describe the wound location with the
appropriate medical terms, a minimum of
3 terms