A coronal section is produced by a cut along which plane?

A coronal section is produced by a cut along which plane?

• A. Frontal plane
• B. Coronal plane
• C. Sagittal plane
• D. Horizontal plane

Answer: (B)

A coronal section comes from a vertical cut that divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) parts. This plane runs from side to side (left to right) and is often called the frontal plane in many texts. Because the cut separates front from back, you’d see structures in a front-to-back arrangement in the resulting section. By comparison, a sagittal plane slices left from right, and a horizontal (transverse) plane divides top from bottom. That’s why the coronal plane is the one that produces a coronal section.

A coronal section comes from a vertical cut that divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) parts. This plane runs from side to side (left to right) and is often called the frontal plane in many texts. Because the cut separates front from back, you’d see structures in a front-to-back arrangement in the resulting section.

By comparison, a sagittal plane slices left from right, and a horizontal (transverse) plane divides top from bottom. That’s why the coronal plane is the one that produces a coronal section.