- sagittal plane
- sagittal plane n MIDSAGITTAL PLANE also any plane parallel to a midsagittal plane: a parasagittal plane
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Sagittal plane — Diagram showing sagittal, coronal and transverse planes. Latin plana sagittalia Sagittal plane is a vertical plane which passes from front to rear dividing the body into right … Wikipedia
sagittal plane — noun Any imaginary plane parallel to median plane … Wiktionary
sagittal splitting of mandible — intraoral osteotomy of the ascending mandibular ramus and posterior body of the mandible in the sagittal plane for correction of prognathism, retrognathism, or open bite; an alternative procedure confines the split to the body of the mandible … Medical dictionary
Sagittal — Sag it*tal, a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal.] 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sagittal suture — Sagittal Sag it*tal, a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal.] 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sagittal — [saj′it l] adj. [ModL sagittalis < L sagitta, arrow] 1. of or like an arrow or arrowhead 2. Anat. a) designating or of the suture between the two parietal bones along the length of the skull b) designating, of, or in the longitudinal plane of… … English World dictionary
sagittal suture — n the deeply serrated articulation between the two parietal bones in the median plane of the top of the head * * * see suture * * * sutura sagittalis … Medical dictionary
median sagittal plane — planum medianum … Medical dictionary
plane — 1. A two dimensional flat surface. See planum. 2. An imaginary surface formed by extension of a point through any axis or two definite points, in reference especially to craniometry and to pelvimetry. SYN: planum. [L. planus, flat] Addison … Medical dictionary
Sagittal — A vertical plane passing through the body which divides it into left and right sides. * * * Resembling an arrow; in the line of an arrow shot from a bow, i.e., in an anteroposterior direction; referring to a s. plane or direction. SYN: sagittalis … Medical dictionary
