Midplane (Noun)
Meaning
The median plane of the body (or some part of the body).
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The midplane of the body is the imaginary plane that divides the body into left and right halves.
- The patient's tumor was located asymmetrically with respect to the midplane of the brain.
- To analyze the skeletal tissue, the researchers created a digital model of the vertebral midplane.
- The anatomist identified the line of symmetry of the facial structure as the midplane of the nose.
- In the fetal development study, the investigators measured the growth of the cerebral midplane.