Posterior median line

Posterior median line
Illustration of a human back.
Posterior view of the thorax and shoulder girdle.
Details
Latin	linea mediana posterior
*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.

References

↑ http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/pulmonar/apd/ap.htm

Anatomical planes and lines

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 Umbilical plane Supracristal plane Intertubercular plane Interspinous plane

Coronal/frontal plane	Sternal plane

General anatomy: systems and organs, regional anatomy, planes and lines, superficial axial anatomy, superficial anatomy of limbs

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