GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Median plane-Sagittal plane through the midline of the body; divides the body or any of its parts into right and left halves.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sagittal plane, also known as the longitudinal plane, divides the body into left and right halves. Movements that occur in the sagittal (longitudinal) plane involve forward and backward movements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Imagine each plane as a plate of glass that cuts the body into either front/back (sagittal), left/right (frontal), or top/bottom (transverse) halves. Then imagine each of those plates to be a track that the body is moving on, like a monorail.

Detailed explanation-4: -Longitudinal sections can be one or more than one. The difference among them is the distance of the sections from the lateral end to the sectioning plane. Sagittal sections are obtained when the longitudinal section is made over the line of symmetry. It divides the body into symmetrical sections.

Detailed explanation-5: -The sagittal plane divides the right and left side of the brain into parts. The midsagittal plane would divide the right and left sides of the brain into two equal parts, like cutting down the middle of a baked potato before you put on the toppings.