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the back. A
transverse plane
(or, horizontal plane) divides the animal into upper and lower portions.
This is also referred to as a cross section and an oblique plane if the transverse cut is angled. These
planes are depicted on a goat (a four-legged animal) and a human in Figure 125.
Figure 125.
The planes of a quadrupedal goat and a bipedal human. the quadrupedal goat's and the human's
bipedal planes. The body is divided into right and left halves exactly by the midsagittal plane.
The body is
divided into upper and lower portions by
the transverse plane, with the frontal plane
dividing the front and
back.
Vertebrate animals have a number of defined body cavities, as illustrated in Figure 126. Two
of these are major cavities that contain smaller cavities within them. The
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