Transverse plane
noun
a plane across the body at right angles to the coronal and sagittal plane and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a body or object; also, a plane dividing the body into an upper and lower section; also called horizontal plane
transverse plane n.
See horizontal plane.
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