单词 | median plane |
释义 | > as lemmasmedian plane median plane n. [compare French plan médian (1823)] Anatomy, Zoology, and Botany the plane that divides a body, organ, etc., into (roughly) symmetrical halves; the sagittal plane. ΚΠ 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 30 Their organs of sensation and motion are disposed in pairs on the two sides of an axis, or median plane. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 160 The median plane of the lens-shaped double cavity. 1945 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 29 4 Abduction is movement away from the median plane of the body. 1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) vi. 633/1 The structures which pass through the upper opening of the thorax fall naturally into two groups, viz.: those in or near the median plane and those placed more laterally. < as lemmas |
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