A coronal plane, also called a frontal plane, is any plane passing down through the body parallel to the coronal suture of the skull, dividing the body into front and back portions. Coronal planes are therefore perpendicular to sagittal planes and pass through the length of the body.

Transverse planes are perpendicular to both sagittal and coronal planes. They pass through the width of the body in a horizontal or transverse direction, similar to the slices of a loaf of bread. Transverse planes divide the body into upper and lower sections, and are also called horizontal or axial planes or cross-sections.

Any plane passing through the body not parallel to one of the three primary or cardinal planes is called oblique.