Anatomy
abdominal muscle
ab·dom·i·nal mus·cle [ ab-dom-uh-nl muhs-uhl ]
Subclass of:
Skeletal muscle
Definitions related to abdominal muscles:
  • (muscle, abdominal) Any muscle of the abdominal wall.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Any of the muscles of the abdomen that comprise the abdominal wall; these muscles include the rectus abdominis, the external and internal oblique muscles, the transversus abdominis, and the quadratus abdominis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A flat sheet of muscles on the front of the abdomen, between the ribcage and the pelvis.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (muscle of abdomen) Muscle (organ) which is a part of the abdomen. Examples: external oblique, rectus abdominis.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Muscles forming the ABDOMINAL WALL including RECTUS ABDOMINIS; ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE MUSCLES, transversus abdominis, pyramidalis muscles and quadratus abdominis.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Abdominal muscle, any of the muscles of the anterolateral walls of the abdominal cavity, composed of three flat muscular sheets, from without inward: external oblique, internal oblique, and transverse abdominis, supplemented in front on each side of the midline by rectus abdominis. The first three...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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