What is the importance of studying organs or the body at different planes and sections?
It is essential for people in the medical field to learn about the body at the different planes and sections so that they can determine the region of the body they are working with, recognize the relationships of structures in regard to their location, and standardize communication when referring to structures. To illustrate, when given a transverse section of a specimen, it is important to understand what this actually means in terms of perspective. This way, you can orient yourself on how structures are located relative to each other at different regions of the body (in this case, the transverse plane). In addition, by correctly identifying and applying the names and meanings of the different planes and sections, other people will be better facilitated during collaboration through communication. With this, nurses, radiologists, surgeons, and other medical workers get a better grasp of the situation when they work together to treat a patient.