In your clinical rotations, you watch as an ultrasound is performed on the pelvic region of a pregnant woman. The technician presses the ultrasound wand against the patient's skin inferior to the umbilical region. Your classmate mentions that the image produced is a transverse plane, but you disagree. Explain to your classmate what type of plane was likely used
What will be an ideal response?
The ultrasound image produced was from a frontal, or coronal, plane, not a transverse plane. The image created an anterior view of the internal organs of the abdomen rather than an inferior view of the abdomen. Transverse planes are created along horizontal planes and separate the body into superior and inferior parts while frontal planes divide the body into anterior and posterior parts.
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