APA 1313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sagittal Plane, Bone, Transverse Plane

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 1313
• Professor: Jing L I

Document Summary

All anatomical description are expressed in relation to the anatomical position. Median plane is the vertical plane diving it into right and left halves. Sagittal planes are vertical plane passing through the body parallel to the median plane. Coronal plane (frontal) are vertical plane diving it into anterior and posterior. Transverse plane - divides the body into superior and inferior. Sagittal axis - passes through body horizontally, front to back, within in frontal plane. Frontal axis - passes through body horizontally, side to side, within sagittal plane. Longitudinal axis - passes through body top to bottom, within transverse plane. Unilateral is used to describe the structure occurring on one side. Bilateral is used to describe the paired structure having right and left members. Ipsilateral means occurring on the same side of the body. Contralateral means occurring on the opposite side of the body. Rotation - involves turning a part of the body around its longitudinal axis.