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SAGITTAL PLANE [20 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
Universal entry(ies)
planum sagittalis
Latin
plana sagittalia
Latin, plural
A01.2.00.003
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Sagittal planes are vertical planes passing through the body parallel to the median plane. It is helpful to give a point of reference by naming a structure intersected by the plane you are referring to, such as a sagittal plane through the midpoint of the clavicle.

OBS

sagittal plane : designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.2.00.003: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
planum sagittalis
Latin
plana sagittalia
Latin, plural
A01.2.00.003
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Les plans sagittaux sont des plans verticaux qui sont parallèles au plan médian. Il est utile de donner un point de référence en nommant une structure traversée par le plan dont il est question, par exemple un plan sagittal passant par le milieu de la clavicule.

OBS

plan sagittal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.2.00.003 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
Entrada(s) universal(es)
planum sagittalis
Latin
plana sagittalia
Latin, plural
A01.2.00.003
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Plano de simetría longitudinal que pasa por la sutura sagital y divide el cuerpo en una mitad derecha y otra izquierda.

OBS

plano sagital: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A01.2.00.003: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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Record 2 2025-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
Universal entry(ies)
sagittalis
Latin
A01.0.00.005
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[That is] in the plane of the sagittal suture or parallel to it...

OBS

sagittal: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.0.00.005: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
sagittalis
Latin
A01.0.00.005
classification system code, see observation
OBS

sagittal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.0.00.005 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
Entrada(s) universal(es)
sagittalis
Latin
A01.0.00.005
classification system code, see observation
DEF

De la sutura sagital o relacionado con ella.

OBS

sagital: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A01.0.00.005: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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Record 3 2025-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
CONT

Multiplanar reconstruction is the process of using data from axial MSCT [multislice computed tomography] to create "non-axial" two-dimensional images. MPR images are generated from a plane of only one voxel in thickness transecting a set of axial images. In principle any plane can be generated from the volume data set but, by convention, the most used planes are the body planes(axial, sagittal and coronal)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

L'empilement des coupes permet de reconstituer le volume et de produire des coupes dans tous les plans de l'espace [...]. Ces coupes sont appelées reconstructions multiplanaires [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiación (Medicina)
CONT

La reconstrucción multiplanar [...] permite que desde una misma serie se visualicen cortes axiales, sagitales y coronales.

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Record 4 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthoses
  • Prostheses
  • The Eye
DEF

The radius of curvature in the sagittal plane at a specified off-axis point on the surface.

OBS

The radius at a specified point on the surface is equal to the distance along the normal at that point to its intersection with the axis of rotation. The sagittal plane contains the normal to the surface at the specified point, but does not contain the axis of rotation, being perpendicular to the tangential plane.

OBS

Glasses and contact lenses are considered to be either visual orthotic devices or visual prosthetic devices.

OBS

sagittal radius of curvature: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthèses
  • Prothèses
  • Oeil
DEF

Rayon de courbure dans le plan sagittal en un point, hors axe, spécifié sur une surface.

OBS

Le rayon à un point spécifié de la surface est égal à la distance le long de la perpendiculaire séparant ce point de l'intersection avec l'axe de rotation. Le plan sagittal est le plan contenant la perpendiculaire à la surface en un point spécifié mais ne contenant pas l'axe de rotation, étant perpendiculaire au plan tangent.

OBS

Les lunettes et les lentilles de contact sont considérées comme étant soit des orthèses visuelles, soit des prothèses visuelles.

OBS

rayon de courbure sagittal : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

The movement of a limb or organ away from the medial sagittal plane.

OBS

Do not confuse the terms "abduction" and "adduction."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Physiothérapie
DEF

Mouvement qui écarte un membre ou un segment de membre de la ligne moyenne du corps.

OBS

Ne pas confondre les termes «abduction» et «adduction».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
  • Fisioterapia
DEF

Movimiento que efectúa un miembro o una parte del mismo a consecuencia del cual éste se separa de la línea media del cuerpo.

OBS

El movimiento opuesto a la abducción es la aducción.

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Record 6 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

A position resulting from the movement of a limb or organ away from the medial sagittal plane.

OBS

Do not confuse the terms "abduction" and "adduction."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Physiothérapie
DEF

[Position qui résulte du] mouvement qui écarte un membre ou un segment de membre de la ligne moyenne du corps.

OBS

Ne pas confondre les termes «abduction» et «adduction».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
  • Fisioterapia
OBS

El movimiento opuesto a la abducción es la aducción.

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Record 7 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

A movement bringing a structure... closer to the median sagittal plane.

CONT

Painful flexion and adduction of the arms.

OBS

Do not confuse the terms "adduction" and "abduction."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Physiothérapie
DEF

Mouvement qui rapproche un organe, un membre ou une partie d'un membre du plan sagittal médian.

OBS

Ne pas confondre les termes «adduction» et «abduction».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
  • Fisioterapia
DEF

Movimiento [...] que se produce cuando una parte del cuerpo se aproxima al plano de simetría sagital de éste.

OBS

El movimiento opuesto a la abducción es la aducción.

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Record 8 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
DEF

A vertical plane at right angles to a sagittal plane. It divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
OBS

Plan vertical perpendiculaire au plan sagittal. Il divise le corps humain en une partie antérieure et une partie postérieure.

OBS

plan coronal : inusité; plan transversal : impropre.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The kinematic relationship between the lumbar spine and hip joints during sagittal plane movement.

Key term(s)
  • lumbo pelvic rhythm
  • lumbo-pelvic rhythm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
Key term(s)
  • rythme lombopelvien
  • rythme lombo pelvien

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sports (General)
OBS

Sitting balance, in the sagittal plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sports (Généralités)
OBS

Équilibre assis, plan sagittal.

Spanish

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Record 11 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Medical Imaging
DEF

[A] sagittal plane... other than the median plane.

OBS

Sagittal planes : Vertical planes that pass through the body parallel to the median plane... and divide the body into left and right portions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

Le plan sagittal paramédian est parallèle au [plan sagittal médian], mais décalé latéralement.

Spanish

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Record 12 2008-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

The Jewett brace reduces the movement of the lumbar segment in the sagittal plane and limits the spine flexion significantly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Chirurgie orthopédique
CONT

En ce qui concerne les fractures par compression, en présence d'une atteinte isolée du mur antérieur avec moins de 20° de cyphose et moins de 50% de perte de hauteur du mur antérieur, le traitement est conservateur (corset plâtré ou corset de Jewett).

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

Epidural Technique [for inserting a catheter]... An epidural(Tuohy) needle is inserted in the sagittal plane, with its bevel pointing cephalad. After traversing the supraspinous ligament, the needle is then passed into the interspinous ligament which grips it tightly. The stylet is removed from the Tuohy needle and the loss-of-resistance syringe attached. The syringe may contain saline, air or both according to preference. The Tuohy needle may then be advanced slowly using either a continuous or intermittent movement.... The Tuohy needle is gently removed and the catheter is fixed to the skin under a transparent adhesive dressing.

Key term(s)
  • Tuohy spinal needle
  • Tuohy epidural needle
  • epidual Tuohy needle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Dispositif [aiguille] non réutilisable destiné à être introduit dans l'espace péridurale entre la deuxième et la cinquième vertèbre lombaire.

Spanish

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Record 14 2000-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

Based on the preoperative measurements, a Steinman pin is driven vertically into the shaft of the radius 4 cm proximal to the osteotomy site. The osteotomy is usually placed at the original site of the fracture or approximately 2 cm proximal to the joint surface. A second Steinman pin is inserted into the distal part of the radius just proximal to the articular surface to create an angle with the perpendicular pin that is equivalent to the premeasured deformity in the sagittal plane. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Chirurgie orthopédique

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hearing
CONT

In a sagittal plane localization experiment, listeners(N=8) were required to localize a train of eight clicks that originated from a source that was either directly in front, overhead, or behind. Click trains were made from 25-(mu) s pulses, separated by 110 ms, and were presented in an anechoic room.... All listeners except one showed a level disadvantage : The localization error rate increased with increasing level, on the average by a factor of 10 over the range of levels. It was conjectured that the level disadvantage arises from a failure of the auditory system to resolve details of the spectral shaping caused by pinna, head, and upper torso in the case of a high-level pulse.... This conjecture was tested in headphone experiments on filtered click discrimination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouïe

Spanish

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Record 16 1995-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
CONT

Four slices are performed for each articulation(4 mm thick) in the true sagittal plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

Quatre coupes par articulation sont réalisées dans un plan sagittal strict.

Spanish

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Record 17 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A radiographic position used to obtain a lateral projection of the mastoid process and petrous portion of the temporal bone. The median sagittal plane is parallel to the film, which is centered to a localization point 1 in. posterior to the external auditory meatus. The central ray is directed at angles 15 ° toward the feet and 15 ° toward the face.

OBS

Other Law projections are inferosuperior oblique projections of the facial bones and of the paranasal sinuses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Incidence radiologique de profil de l'apophyse mastoïde et du rocher. Le plan sagittal médian est parallèle à la cassette, dont le centre se situe à 2,5 cm du conduit auditif externe, vers l'arrière. Le rayon directeur est incliné de 15 ° vers les pieds et de 15 [degrés] vers le sujet.

OBS

Law a également décrit des incidences obliques avec rayon descendant permettant de visualiser les os et les sinus de la face.

Spanish

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Record 18 1991-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
CONT

(It is) the side-to-side movement of the tube head or x-ray beam.

DEF

The angle measured within the horizontal plane at which the central ray of the x-ray beam is projected relative to a reference in the vertical or sagittal plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
CONT

Le rayonnement est toujours perpendiculaire aux dents et au film. Il existe deux sortes d'angulation, une horizontale (le tube pivote autour du point central du joug), l'autre verticale (...).

Spanish

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Record 19 1991-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

(It is) the up-and-down movement of the tube head or x-ray beam.

DEF

The angle measured within the vertical plane at which the central ray of the x-ray beam is projected related to a reference in the vertical or sagittal plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
CONT

Le rayonnement est toujours perpendiculaire aux dents et au film. Il existe deux sortes d'angulation, une horizontale (...), l'autre verticale qui prend des valeurs positives quand le rayonnement est dirigé vers le sol et négatives lorsque les rayons se dirigent vers le plafond.

Spanish

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Record 20 1977-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[An axial septulum is a] secondary or tertiary septum located between primary septa(...), its plane approximately parallel to [the] axis of coiling [of fusulinids], and thus observable in sagittal(equatorial), parallel, and tangential sections; includes primary axial septula and secondary axial septula.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Dans les (...) [Fusulinoïdés] plus évolués (...) apparaissent (...) d'autres lames disposées (...) dans des plans axiaux, c'est-à-dire parallèles aux cloisons méridiennes. Ces formations "(septula axiaux ou cloisons méridiennes auxiliaires)" sont en général courtes et ne descendent pas très bas dans les loges.

Spanish

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