median plane
Americannoun
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If this vertical plane runs directly down the middle of the body, it is called the midsagittal or median plane.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In a dextral Gastropod the shell is coiled in a right-handed spiral from apex to mouth, and the spiral also projects to the right of the median plane of the animal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Mesal: pertaining to, situated on or in the median plane of the body.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Mesad: extending or directed toward the median plane.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Gynoecium.—The pistil consists of a single carpel, opposite the pale in the median plane of the spikelet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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