Medical Definition of Transverse section

1. A cross section obtained by slicing, actually or through imaging techniques, the body or any part of the body structure, in a horizontal plane, i.e., a plane which intersects the longitudinal axis at a right angle. Since actual sectioning in the transverse plane results in an inferior and a superior portion, an anatomical transverse section may be a two-dimensional view of the cut surface on the inferior aspect of the superior portion, or of the superior aspect of the inferior portion. By convention, in medical imaging transverse sections demonstrate the former unless otherwise stated. Synonym: axial section. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transverse Section

transverse palatine ridge
transverse palatine suture
transverse pancreatic artery
transverse part of left branch of portal vein
transverse part of nasalis muscle
transverse plane
transverse pontine fibres
transverse presentation
transverse process
transverse rectal folds
transverse relaxation
transverse rhombencephalic flexure
transverse ridge
transverse scapular artery
transverse section (current term)
transverse septum
transverse sinus
transverse sinus of pericardium
transverse tarsal articulation
transverse tarsal joint
transverse temporal convolutions
transverse temporal gyri
transverse temporal sulci
transverse tibiofibular ligament
transverse vein of face
transverse vein of scapula
transverse veins of neck
transverse velum

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