Planes and Body Regions

Cardinal Plane

Center plane

-rare in athletics

Sagittal Plane

divides the body into right and left

-underhand softball pitch

-running

-trunk in a situp

-tucking

Frontal (Coronal) Plane

divides the body into anterior and posterior

-jumping jacks

-lateral side bend (trunk)

Transverse (Horizontal) Plane

divides the body into superior and inferior

-rotation

-pirouettes

-diving with a twist

-trunk in a golf swing

Oblique Plane

crossing through multiple planes (diagonally)

Motion Moves…

PARALLEL to the plane

Planes Moves…

PERPENDICULAR to the axis

Examples of Frontal Plane

-shoulder elevation

-side shuffles

-cartwheels

-clamshells

Sagittal Plane Examples

-bicep curls

-neck flex./ext.

-cat/cows

-donkey kicks

Transverse Plane Examples

-shoulder ext. rotation

-hip cars

-hip 90-90

-pivot/cut/karoke

Acromial

shoulder

Antebrachium

forearm

Antecubital/Cubital/Olecranon

elbow

Appendicular

arms and legs

Auris

ear

Axial

trunk

Axilla

armpit

Brachium

arm

Buccal

cheek

Calcaneal

heel

Carpus

wrist

Celiac

abdomen

Cephalon/cephalic

neck

Costal

rib

Cranium

skull

Crural/Shank

leg

Digits

fingers/toes

Dorsum

back of/top of

Femoral

thigh

Frons

forehead

Gluteal

buttock

Hallux

big toe

Coxal

hip

Inguinal

groin

Lumbus

low back

Mamma

breast

Manus/Manual

hand

Mentis

chin

Nasus

nose

Nuchal

neck

Occipital

base of skull

Oculus

eye

Omus

deltoid

Oris

mouth

Palmar

palm

Pectoral/Thoracis

chest

Pelvis

pelvic

Perineal

perineum

Pes

foot

Planta

plantar

Pollex

thumb

Popliteus

back of knee

Pubis

pubic

Sacrum

sacral

Sternal

breastbone

Sura

calf

Tarsal

ankle

Tarsus

in step

Throat

anterior neck

Umbilicus

belly button