What Is a Coronal View

12246. Anatomical terminology. A coronal plane (also known as the frontal plane) is any vertical plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal (belly and back) sections.

What does coronal orientation mean?

Coronal plane. It is vertically oriented and divides the body into front and back sections. Transverse plane. It is horizontally oriented and divides the body into upper and lower sections.

What is a sagittal view?

Sagittal: A vertical plane passing through the standing body from front to back. The mid-sagital, or median, plane splits the body into left and right halves.