median plane
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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
Mesal: pertaining to, situated on or in the median plane of the body.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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 ?douard Cuyer
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
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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