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Abstract
Muscles of the anterolateral abdominal wall consisting of the external oblique and the internal oblique muscles. The external abdominal oblique muscle fibers extend from lower thoracic ribs to the linea alba and the iliac crest. The internal abdominal oblique extend superomedially beneath the external oblique muscles.
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- Oblique Muscles, Abdominal
- Abdominal Oblique Muscle
- Muscle, Abdominal Oblique
- Muscles, Abdominal Oblique
- External Abdominal Oblique Muscle
- External Oblique Muscle
- Internal Abdominal Oblique Muscle
- Internal Oblique Muscle
- External Oblique Muscles
- Internal Oblique Muscles
- Muscle, External Oblique
- Muscles, External Oblique
- Muscles, Internal Oblique
- Oblique Muscle, External
- Oblique Muscle, Internal
- Oblique Muscles, External
- Oblique Muscles, Internal
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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History Note
2017
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Previous Indexing
- Abdomen (1977-2016)
- Abdominal Muscles (1972-2016)
- Abdominal Wall (1965-2016)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Abdominal Oblique Muscles. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071596. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071596
- Abdominal Oblique Muscles. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_oblique_muscle
- Abdominal Oblique Muscles. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70060580