Posterior_median_line References

Posterior median line
Posterior median line
	Illustration of a human back.
	Posterior view of the thorax and shoulder girdle.
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Identifiers
Latin	linea mediana posterior
TA98	A01.2.00.022
TA2	70
FMA	20311
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata

The posterior median line is a sagittal line on the posterior torso at the midline.

A similar term is "vertebral line", which defined by the spinous processes.^[1] However, this term is not in Terminologia Anatomica.

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Sagittal plane	Median plane front ( Anterior median line/ Midsternal line, Parasternal line, Midclavicular line, Anterior axillary line, Midaxillary line) back ( Posterior median line, Scapular line, Posterior axillary line)
Transverse plane	Thoracic plane Transpyloric plane Subcostal plane Transumbilical plane Supracristal plane Intertubercular plane Interspinous plane
Coronal/frontal plane	Sternal plane