transversus_abdominis has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

Microscopic studies of the gastrocnemius , pectoralis_major , transversus_abdominis , biceps_brachii , and diaphragm showed atrophy as_well_as varying degrees of injury ranging from swelling and vacuolization to focal necrosis of the muscle_fibers .

Related terms

ab skeletal_muscle

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