The coronal plane (also known as the frontal plane) is an anatomical plane that divides the body into dorsal and ventral sections. It is perpendicular to the sagittal plane and transverse plane planes.
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The coronal plane is an example of a longitudinal plane. For a human, the mid-coronal plane would transect a standing body into two halves (front and back, or anterior and posterior) in an imaginary line that cuts through both shoulders. The description of the coronal plane applies to most animals as well as humans even though humans walk upright and the various planes are usually shown in the vertical orientation.
The sternal plane ( planum sternale) is a coronal plane which transects the front of the Human sternum.
Etymology
The term is derived from Latin
corona ('garland, crown'), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (
korōnē, 'garland, wreath'). The coronal plane is so called because it lies in the same direction as the
coronal suture.
Additional images
File:Coronal plane CT scan of the paranasal sinuses illustrative image.jpg|CT scan of the paranasal sinuses with coronal reconstruction (right) and axial planning data (left).
File:Blausen 0104 Brain x-secs SectionalPlanes.png|Sectional planes of the brain
File:Coronal and sagittal views of identical twins.png|[[Identical twin]]s at a gestational age of 15 weeks, shown in coronal and sagittal plane, respectively
File:Sagital Vs Coronal.png|Sagittal section (top) vs. coronal section (bottom) of a [[mouse brain]]
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