In your clinical rotations , you watch as an ultrasound is performed on the abdomen of a pregnant woman. The technician presses the ultrasound wand against the patient's inferior to the umbilical region. Your classmate mentions that the image produced is a transverse plane, but you disagree. Explain to your classmate what type of plane was likely used.

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aaronq · Answer

"The sagittal plane (anteroposterior) is a plane parallel to the sagittal suture. It divides the body into left and right. The coronal plane (frontal) or frontal plane divides the body into dorsal and ventral (back and front, or posterior and anterior) portions. The transverse plane (horizontal) or axial plane divides the body into cranial and caudal (head and tail) portions." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_plane