Midline ( Aristotle ) : Synonym for median plane (Henle, 1855). Aristotle (Historia Animalium; see translation by Thompson, 1910, 491b-5) used (the Greek equivalent of) the term for macrodissected adult humans, translated "middle line". Also see Brusca & Brusca (1990, p. 46).

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Median plane ( Henle, 1855 ) : The sagittal plane (Henle, 1855) dividing a body into roughly equal right and left halves; term introduced by Henle (1855, p. 1); also see Standring (2008, Fig. 1). Synonyms include midline and midsagittal plane.

Midsagittal plane : Synonym for median plane (Henle, 1855); see Brusca & Brusca (1990, p. 46).