Finally, imagine the axial (transverse) plane as a horizontal sheet that runs through your torso ... be divided into two smaller sections: the cranial (upper) cavity and the spinal (lower ...

It is called the sagittal plane because it goes through or is parallel to the sagittal suture, the line running along the top of the skull that marks where the left and right halves of the skull ...

OpenStax College/Connexions The problem with being so sagittal that you ignore the other two planes: frontal and transverse. The frontal plane divides the body into front and back halves and ...