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median plane

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noun

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


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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

Median, mē′di-an, adj. being in the middle, running through the middle: situated in the median plane, that dividing the body longitudinally into symmetrical halves.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Piece of Nummulitic Limestone from the Pyrenees, showing Nummulites laid open by fracture through the median plane; 2, vertical section of Nummulite; 3, Orbitoides.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese

Diagrammatic section in median plane of the female genital organs.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel

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