{{Short description|Any vertical anatomical plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal sections}} {{Infobox anatomy | Name = Coronal plane | Latin = plana coronalia | Image = Human anatomy planes, labeled.svg | Caption = The main anatomical planes of the human body, including sagittal or median (red), parasagittal (yellow), frontal or coronal plane (blue) and transverse or axial plane (green) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Precursor = | System = | Artery = | Vein = | Nerve = | Lymph = }}
The '''coronal plane''' (also known as the '''frontal plane''') is an anatomical plane that divides the body into dorsal and ventral sections. It is perpendicular to the sagittal and transverse planes.
==Details== The coronal plane is an example of a longitudinal plane. For a human, the mid-coronal plane would transect a standing body into two halves (front and back, or ventral and dorsal) in an imaginary line that cuts through both shoulders. The description of the coronal plane applies to most animals as well as humans even though humans walk upright and the various planes are usually shown in the vertical orientation.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
The '''sternal plane''' (''planum sternale'') is a coronal plane which transects the front of the sternum.<ref name="titleDefinition: sternal plane from Online Medical Dictionary">{{Cite web|url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?sternal+plane |title=Definition: sternal plane from Online Medical Dictionary |access-date=2007-12-17 }}</ref>
==Etymology== The term is derived from Latin ''corona'' ('garland, crown'), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (''korōnē'', 'garland, wreath'). The coronal plane is so called because it lies in the same direction as the coronal suture.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
==Additional images== <gallery> File:Coronal plane CT scan of the paranasal sinuses illustrative image.jpg|CT scan of the paranasal sinuses with coronal reconstruction (right) and axial planning data (left). File:Blausen 0104 Brain x-secs SectionalPlanes.png|Sectional planes of the brain File:Coronal and sagittal views of identical twins.png|Identical twins at a gestational age of 15 weeks, shown in coronal and sagittal plane, respectively File:Sagital Vs Coronal.png|Sagittal section (top) vs. coronal section (bottom) of a mouse brain </gallery>
==See also== {{Anatomy-terms}} * Anatomical terms of location * Sagittal plane * Transverse plane
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==External links== * {{cite web | url = http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/anatomical_orientation_module/anat_orient02.html | title = Anatomical Orientation - Page 2 of 9 | publisher = University of Michigan Medical School | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071123142606/http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/anatomical_orientation_module/anat_orient02.html | archive-date = 2007-11-23 }}
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