THE TRANSVERSE PLANE (ALSO CALLED THE HORIZONTAL PLANE, AXIAL PLANE, OR TRANSAXIAL PLANE) IS AN IMAGINARY PLANE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR PARTS. IT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE CORONAL AND SAGITTAL PLANES.
STANDARD ANATOMICAL TERMS OF LOCATION ARE EMPLOYED IN SCIENCE WHICH DEAL WITH THE ANATOMY OF ANIMALS TO AVOID AMBIGUITIES WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE ARISE. THEY ARE NOT LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC, AND THUS REQUIRE NO TRANSLATION. ...
THE SYSTEM THAT CIRCULATES BLOOD AND LYMPH THROUGH THE BODY, CONSISTING OF THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, BLOOD, LYMPH, AND THE LYMPHATIC VESSELS AND GLANDS.