For translation, the frontal or coronal plane translates along the

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For translation, the frontal or coronal plane translates along the

Translation within the frontal (coronal) plane moves you side to side. The coronal plane is vertical and divides the body into front and back, so motion constrained to this plane runs left to right (the mediolateral direction). In the common anatomical coordinate system, that left-right direction corresponds to the X-axis. Moving forward or backward would push you out of the plane, along the anterior-posterior axis, not along the plane. So the translation along the frontal/coronal plane aligns with the X-axis.

Translation within the frontal (coronal) plane moves you side to side. The coronal plane is vertical and divides the body into front and back, so motion constrained to this plane runs left to right (the mediolateral direction). In the common anatomical coordinate system, that left-right direction corresponds to the X-axis. Moving forward or backward would push you out of the plane, along the anterior-posterior axis, not along the plane. So the translation along the frontal/coronal plane aligns with the X-axis.

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