median plane

noun

, Anatomy.

1. a vertical plane that divides an organism into symmetrical halves.

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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

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

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