Axial plane

Transverse plane
The main anatomical planes of the human body, including median (red), parasagittal (yellow), frontal or coronal plane (blue) and transverse or axial plane (green)
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Identifiers
Latin	plana transversalia
Dorlands /Elsevier	12644673
TA	A01.2.00.006
FMA	71928
Anatomical terminology []

The transverse plane (also called the horizontal plane, axial plane, or transaxial plane) is an imaginary plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts. It is perpendicular to the coronal plane and sagittal plane.

It is one of the planes of the body used to describe the location of body parts in relation to each other.