Anatomic planes

Anatomic planes of the body.

The figure shows three axes annotated as follows:

• d: Dorsoventral or Axial axis (yellow)
• l: Left-right, or lateral axis (cyan, blue-green
• m: Medial or anterior-posterior axis (magenta)

The figure shows three major planes annotated as follows:

• a: Axial or horizontal plane (blue), that contains the lateral axis and also the medial axis
• c: Coronal plane (green), containing the axial axis and the lateral axis
• s: Sagittal plane (red), containing the axial axis and the medial axis

There also is:

• e: The eye position showing the anterior end of the brain
• p: an example of a parasagittal plane (yellow); parasagittal planes comprise the class of planes parallel to (and therefore lateral to)