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Surface

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Locomotor system .

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General anatomy

Planes and axes

1 Sagittal plane

2 Median sagittal plane

3 Frontal plane

4 Transverse plane

5 Sagittal axis

6 Transverse axis

7 Longitudinal axis

Fig. 1 a-c

Planes and axes.

a

Sagittal plane, Planum sagittale, sagittal and longitudinal axes

b

Transverse plane l= horizontal plane), Planum transversale, transverse and sagittal axes

c

Frontal plane (= coronal plane), Planum frontale, longitudinal and transverse axes

Fig. 2 a, b

Orientation lines of the human body and

terms of direction and position,

a

Ventral view (ventralis, anterior)

b

Dorsal view (dorsalis, posterior)