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median plane

American  

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

About 10 to 15 mm. caudad to the stomach it makes a sort of double loop to the right, a wide loop, lp, and a close one, lp�, nearer the median plane.

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

Diagrammatic section in median plane of the female genital organs.

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

In the horse, the corresponding tendon is attached to a tubercle which is situated on the anterior surface of the base of the principal metacarpal, a little internal to the median plane of the latter.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

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

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