enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Anatomical plane - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_plane

    An anatomical plane is a hypothetical plane used to transect the body, in order to describe the location of structures or the direction of movements. In human and non-human anatomy, three principal planes are used: The sagittal plane or lateral plane (longitudinal, anteroposterior) is a plane parallel to the sagittal suture. It divides the body ...

  3. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terminology

    The frontal plane is the plane that divides the body or an organ into an anterior (front) portion and a posterior (rear) portion. The frontal plane is often referred to as a coronal plane, following Latin corona, which means "crown". [1] The transverse plane is the plane that divides the body or organ horizontally into upper and lower portions ...

  4. Body plan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_plan

    Modern groups of animals can be grouped by the arrangement of their body structures, so are said to possess different body plans. A body plan, Bauplan (pl. German: Baupläne), or ground plan is a set of morphological features common to many members of a phylum of animals. [1] The vertebrates share one body plan, while invertebrates have many.

  5. Anatomical terms of location - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location

    The coronal plane, also called the frontal plane, which divides the body into front and back. [2] The transverse plane, also called the axial plane or horizontal plane, which is perpendicular to the other two planes. [2] In a human, this plane is parallel to the ground; in a quadruped, this divides the animal into anterior and posterior ...

  6. Sagittal plane - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittal_plane

    This plane cuts the body into halves (assuming bilateral symmetry), [3] passing through midline structures such as the navel and spine. It is one of the planes which, combined with the umbilical plane, defines the four quadrants of the human abdomen. [4] The term parasagittal is used to describe any plane parallel or adjacent to a given ...

  7. ‘3 Body Problem’ Made Some Notable Book Changes - AOL

    www.aol.com/3-body-problem-made-notable...

    What makes The Three-Body Problem—and Netflix's adaptation, the similarly-titled 3 Body Problem—different is the complexity with which it tackles this age-old sci-fi question.Readers and ...

  8. The Seven Biggest Ways ‘3 Body Problem’ Changes the Book

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/seven-biggest-ways-3-body...

    Without a doubt, the most book-accurate aspects of 3 Body Problem involve Ye Wenjie. In 1960s-set sections, where young Ye Wenjie is played by Zine Tseng, we get nearly verbatim book-specific moments.

  9. Anatomical terms of motion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_motion

    The center of the body is defined as the midsagittal or longitudinal plane. [3] These terms come from Latin words with similar meanings, ab- being the Latin prefix indicating ' away ' , ad- indicating ' toward ' , and ducere meaning ' to draw or pull ' .