EASY TRICKS for Anatomical Body Planes and Sections [Direction/Position] — Transcript

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1. 0:00welcome back to the channel where
2. 0:01medical and science topics are made easy
3. 0:04today we're going to talk about the
4. 0:05anatomical position along with body
5. 0:07planes and sections you're going to
6. 0:09learn several tricks that will help you
7. 0:10remember the different planes and
8. 0:11sections of the body so make sure to
9. 0:13watch until the end you'll also want to
10. 0:15hit that subscribe button because the
11. 0:17next video is on anatomy directional
12. 0:19terms which will take what we learned
13. 0:20today and show you how it's used
14. 0:23finally make sure to turn on the
15. 0:24captions down below and read along this
16. 0:26will help you remember everything
17. 0:29in order to understand the different
18. 0:30body planes we need to learn what the
19. 0:32standard anatomical position is the
20. 0:34standard anatomical position refers to
21. 0:37the body orientation used to describe
22. 0:39things like anatomical planes or
23. 0:40sections which we're going to talk about
24. 0:42in this video as well as anatomical
25. 0:44directional terms which we'll talk about
26. 0:46in the next video
27. 0:48it basically provides a universal
28. 0:50consistent way of discussing anatomy and
29. 0:52it creates clear reference points when
30. 0:54describing anatomical positions or using
31. 0:56anatomical terms
32. 0:58we can use the picture of the man to
33. 1:00illustrate the standard anatomical
34. 1:02position
35. 1:03the correct position is standing upright
36. 1:05with the head and eyes directed straight
37. 1:07ahead the upper limbs are hanging down
38. 1:09at the sides and slightly away from the
39. 1:11trunk so the hands aren't touching the
40. 1:13sides
41. 1:14the palms are facing forward and the
42. 1:16thumbs are pointing away from the body
43. 1:18the lower limbs are together and the
44. 1:20feet are flat on the ground facing
45. 1:22forward
46. 1:23when someone is in the anatomical
47. 1:25position right and left refer to the
48. 1:27patient's right and left side and not as
49. 1:29if you're looking at the patient
50. 1:31in other words if you're looking at the
51. 1:32patient their right side will be your
52. 1:34left side and their left side will be
53. 1:36your right side as indicated by the
54. 1:38labels r and l on the screen
55. 1:41now that we have a good understanding of
56. 1:43the anatomical position let's talk about
57. 1:45the different planes of the body
58. 1:47the terms body planes and sections are
59. 1:49often used interchangeably but they
60. 1:51actually have different definitions so
61. 1:53let's take a look at them
62. 1:55first what is a body plane
63. 1:57body planes are imaginary lines drawn
64. 1:59through an upright body that's an
65. 2:00anatomical position
66. 2:02the major planes or imaginary lines can
67. 2:04run vertically or horizontally and they
68. 2:06divide the body into sections or
69. 2:08portions
70. 2:10for example the planes might divide the
71. 2:11body into right and left sections
72. 2:14upper and lower sections or front and
73. 2:16back sections depending on the direction
74. 2:18of the cut
75. 2:19the body planes provide different views
76. 2:21or sections of the body which then
77. 2:23allows us to describe the location or
78. 2:25direction of anatomical structures or
79. 2:27features
80. 2:28now that we know what body planes are
81. 2:30how about body sections well we hinted
82. 2:32to it earlier
83. 2:33sections are the portions of the body
84. 2:35created by the cut from the plane so
85. 2:38again that could be right and left
86. 2:39sections upper and lower sections or
87. 2:42front and back sections depending on the
88. 2:43slice of the plane
89. 2:45the simple way to think about the terms
90. 2:47is the plane is the imaginary line that
91. 2:49cuts the body into sections and this
92. 2:51allows us to look at different views of
93. 2:53the body depending on the direction of
94. 2:55the cut
95. 2:56let's go through the major body planes
96. 2:58and take a look at some example sections
97. 3:00and all of this will begin to make sense
98. 3:03there are three main body planes and
99. 3:05then a couple minor ones we're going to
100. 3:06talk about at the end a simple trick to
101. 3:09remember the three main body planes is
102. 3:11to take the word section since we're
103. 3:12talking about body planes in sections
104. 3:14and abbreviated sct
105. 3:17this will help you remember sagittal
106. 3:19coronal and transverse
107. 3:21the sagittal plane is the green cut
108. 3:22labeled s on the image the coronal plane
109. 3:25is the blue cut labeled c and the
110. 3:27transverse plane is the yellow cut
111. 3:29labeled t
112. 3:30if we use the abbreviation sct you can
113. 3:33also remember the first two are vertical
114. 3:35planes which are sagittal and coronal
115. 3:37and the last one is a horizontal plane
116. 3:39which is the transverse
117. 3:41we're now going to talk about each plane
118. 3:42starting with the sagittal plane
119. 3:45as we mentioned earlier the sagittal
120. 3:47plane is one of the vertical planes it's
121. 3:49an imaginary line that runs from top to
122. 3:51bottom and front to back
123. 3:53it divides the body into a right section
124. 3:56and a left section
125. 3:58the mid sagittal plane is the specific
126. 4:00sagittal plane that runs through exactly
127. 4:02the midline of the body and it divides
128. 4:04the body into equal right and left
129. 4:06portions
130. 4:07it's also known as the median plane
131. 4:09mid median and middle i'll start with
132. 4:11the letter m and this can help you
133. 4:13remember the mid-sagittal plane runs
134. 4:15right down the middle or midline of the
135. 4:17body
136. 4:18the pictures on your screen are examples
137. 4:19of a mid-sagittal plane
138. 4:22a parasagital plane is any of the
139. 4:23sagittal planes off-center and it
140. 4:26divides the body into unequal right and
141. 4:28left portions
142. 4:30parasagital planes run parallel or
143. 4:32alongside the midsagittal plane but are
144. 4:34not in the midline as we can see in the
145. 4:36new picture
146. 4:37remember in our medical prefix video we
147. 4:39said that the prefix para means
148. 4:41alongside beside or nearby
149. 4:44so it makes sense that the parasagital
150. 4:46plane is a sagittal plane that runs
151. 4:47alongside the midsagittal plane
152. 4:51an easy way to remember which plane is
153. 4:52the sagittal plane is to think of
154. 4:54sagittal and side view they both start
155. 4:56with the letter s
156. 4:58and when you make a cut through the
157. 4:59sagittal plane you are looking at a side
158. 5:01view of the body let's take a look at
159. 5:03some examples to make sure we understand
160. 5:05this
161. 5:06if we take the picture of the man and
162. 5:08make a cut through the mid-sagittal
163. 5:10plane and then spin the right and left
164. 5:12sections that we just cut you can see
165. 5:14we're looking at a side view of the body
166. 5:17in other words these are examples of
167. 5:18sagittal sections that were cut through
168. 5:20the sagittal plane
169. 5:22you might also remember from the video
170. 5:24on cranial bones and sutures that
171. 5:26there's a suture called the sagittal
172. 5:27suture it gets its name because the
173. 5:30sagittal suture runs from front to back
174. 5:32in the sagittal plane it's where the
175. 5:34right and left parietal bones of the
176. 5:35skull meet so this could help you
177. 5:37remember the sagittal plane as well
178. 5:40moving on to the coronal plane this is
179. 5:42the c in our abbreviation sct which
180. 5:45helps us remember the three major planes
181. 5:46of the body
182. 5:48the coronal plane is also called the
183. 5:49frontal plane and as we mentioned
184. 5:51earlier it's also a vertical line
185. 5:54the imaginary line runs from top to
186. 5:56bottom and right to left
187. 5:58it divides the body into a front section
188. 6:00and a back section
189. 6:02the easy way to remember the frontal
190. 6:04plane is to again use the name the
191. 6:06frontal plane will give you a front view
192. 6:08of the body as it divides the body into
193. 6:10front and back portions
194. 6:12and just to review remember the sagittal
195. 6:15plane will give you a side view of the
196. 6:16body and they both start with the letter
197. 6:18s
198. 6:20you might also remember from the video
199. 6:21on cranial bones and sutures that
200. 6:23there's a suture called the coronal
201. 6:25suture it gets its name because the
202. 6:27coronal suture runs from right to left
203. 6:29in the coronal plane it's where the
204. 6:31frontal and parietal bones of the skull
205. 6:32meet and this could help you remember
206. 6:34the coronal plane as well
207. 6:37finally we have the transverse plane
208. 6:39which is the t in our abbreviation sct
209. 6:42to help us remember the three major
210. 6:43planes of the body
211. 6:45the transverse plane is also called the
212. 6:46axial plane or horizontal plane which
213. 6:49makes sense because it's a horizontal
214. 6:50line
215. 6:52you can remember the x in axial to help
216. 6:54you remember the transverse plane runs
217. 6:55along the x-axis which is the horizontal
218. 6:58axis
219. 6:59the transverse plane runs from right to
220. 7:01left and front to back
221. 7:03and it divides the body into a top
222. 7:05section and a bottom section
223. 7:07the easy way to remember the transverse
224. 7:09plane is to again use the name the
225. 7:11transverse plane will give you a top
226. 7:13view of the body as it divides the body
227. 7:15into upper and lower portions
228. 7:18and just to review the frontal plane
229. 7:19will give you a front view of the body
230. 7:21and the sagittal plane will give you a
231. 7:23side view of the body
232. 7:25here are a couple more tricks to
233. 7:26remember the transverse plane if you
234. 7:29divide the body into a top and bottom
235. 7:30section using a transverse plane you'll
236. 7:33be left with an upper body shaped like a
237. 7:35t and a lower body shaped like an upside
238. 7:37down v
239. 7:38and the t and v can help you remember
240. 7:40transverse
241. 7:42we also learned in our medical prefix
242. 7:44video that the prefix trans means across
243. 7:46and finally we said the transverse plane
244. 7:48is also called the horizontal plane you
245. 7:51can think of the horizon for horizontal
246. 7:52plane and this will help you remember
247. 7:54that it goes across horizontally
248. 7:57there are a couple other planes you
249. 7:58might hear about the first term is a
250. 8:00longitudinal plane
251. 8:02a longitudinal plane is any plane that
252. 8:04is perpendicular to the transverse plane
253. 8:07we can see in our diagram that the
254. 8:08sagittal and coronal planes run
255. 8:10perpendicular to the transverse plane
256. 8:13therefore both the coronal and sagittal
257. 8:15planes are examples of longitudinal
258. 8:16planes
259. 8:18a simple trick to remember longitudinal
260. 8:20planes is to think of the globe's
261. 8:21longitudinal lines that run up and down
262. 8:24and this will help you remember the
263. 8:25longitudinal planes run vertically or
264. 8:27perpendicular to the transverse plane
265. 8:30finally you might also hear of planes
266. 8:32that are oblique an oblique plane is any
267. 8:34plane that is not horizontal or vertical
268. 8:37in other words an oblique plane is any
269. 8:39plane that is not in any of the sagittal
270. 8:41coronal or transverse planes
271. 8:43they can run at any angle through the
272. 8:45body as long as they're not horizontal
273. 8:47or vertical as that would mean that
274. 8:48they're one of the other major planes
275. 8:51you can think of your oblique muscles
276. 8:52that travel at an angle or you can think
277. 8:55of oblique and odd which both start with
278. 8:57the letter o and this can help you
279. 8:58remember oblique planes are odd and
280. 9:00travel at strange angles
281. 9:03hopefully this helped you better
282. 9:04understand the anatomical position along
283. 9:06with body planes and sections if you
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