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Planes, Cuts and Positions

A plane is an imaginary flat surface through the body; a section is the cut made along it; a position is how the body is placed. Slice the figure three ways, then put one root through the four look-alike cutting suffixes, then read a real order and place the patient. Each mode grades you and explains what separated the right answer from the one you picked.
Read the line, then cut
Choose the plane
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The cut

Body figure with the selected anatomical plane drawn through it A front view of a standing body. A shaded rectangle shows where the chosen plane passes through it and which two portions the cut produces.