median plane

noun

, Anatomy.

In the median plane the floor of the pharynx is pushed down, as a solid tongue of cells, gs, the anterior edge of the glottis.

The line of junction of the jaws instead of being in the median plane is sloping.

The intermediate is the sagittal plane or median plane (halved by the crossed principal and sagittal axes).

In the diagram C2 there is actually no median-plane after the third cycle of division.

Mesal: pertaining to, situated on or in the median plane of the body.

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