The axis defined by the intersection of sagittal and transverse planes is which axis?

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The line where sagittal and transverse planes intersect runs from front to back, which is the anterior-posterior direction. In the standard anatomical coordinate system, that direction is the Z-axis. So the axis defined by their intersection is the Z-axis. For reference, left-to-right is the X-axis and up-down is the Y-axis.