The transverse plane cuts the body into top and bottom, slicing through the middle of the body, and includes any movement ...

Plane – sagittal, as there is flexion and extension of the knees, elbows, neck and spine. Axis – transverse, as there is rotation around a line running from left to right through the centre of ...

The photograph illustrates the shape change of elements of a beam in bending. Note that the material is in compression on the inside of the curve and tension on the outside of the curve, and that ...