title: Intertubercular plane
text: # Intertubercular plane
  
  A lower transverse plane midway between the upper transverse and the upper border of the pubic symphysis; this is termed the intertubercular plane (or transtubercular), since it practically corresponds to that passing through the iliac tubercles; behind, its plane cuts the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
  
  ## Additional images
  
  * Front view of the thoracic and abdominal viscera. a. Median plane. b. Lateral planes. c. Trans tubercular plane. d. Subcostal plane. e. Transpyloric plane.
  * Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for arteries and inguinal canal.
  