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Chapter 5 Academic Knowledge: Medical Terminology and Body Organization
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Ribs
Liver
Spinal column
Transverse Plane
Sagittal Plane
Spleen
Brain
Spinal column
Liver
Heart
Sternum
Transverse
plane
Frontal
plane
Sagittal
plane
Three Planes
Figure 5.16 The first image here illustrates the three planes you can use to divide the body. The next two images
show cross-sections of two of those planes. Cutting along these planes allows you to view different organs and
internal matter. What would you expect to see in the frontal cross-section of the fi gure above?