Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

Posterior median line
Posterior median line
	Illustration of a human back.
	Posterior view of the thorax and shoulder girdle.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	linea mediana posterior
TA98	A01.2.00.022
TA2	70
FMA	20311
	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

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 Transumbilical plane Supracristal plane Intertubercular plane Interspinous plane
Coronal/frontal plane	Sternal plane