clinicians need to learn about anatomical planes

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Bad Question: What is the anatomical name for the head?   Ans: Cephalon    (this question will earn about .5 point).

Good Question: Why do clinicians need to learn about anatomical planes?  Ans: There are 3 basic anatomical planes in the body. The sagittal plane divides the body into right/left sections, the coronal plane divides the body into anterior/posterior sections and the transverse plane divides the body into superior/inferior sections. Planes are used primarily in medical imaging. For example, MRI images consist of slices of the body that are analogous to the planes. Clinicians can then identify sectional anatomy. Another example is in describing surgical incisions such as when a surgeon performs a coronal incision for a particular procedure.

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When pairing bases, why is it that DNA uses Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine, and RNA uses Uracil in place of Thymine?