transversus abdominis muscle
The lateral abdominal wall muscle that is deep to the internal oblique. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A9781435464339 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Term info
transversus abdominis muscle
- musculus transversus abdominis
- transverse abdominal
- transversis abdominus
- transversus abdominis
uberon_slim, organ_slim
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One of a pair of transverse abdominal muscles that is the anterolateral muscle of the abdomen, lying immediately under the internal abdominal oblique. [TFD][VHOG]
uberon
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Behind the thorax, the lateral group (of muscles in reptiles and mammals) remains essentially as for amphibians. (It breaks into three sheet-like layers: external oblique muscle, the internal oblique, and the transversus). More anteriorly, however, the ribs, now enlarged, penetrate and alter this group of muscles. The transversus is excluded from the thorax and the external and internal obliques become, respectively, the external and internal intercostal muscles, which contribute to the new function of ventilation of the lungs.[well established][VHOG]
UBERON:0001221
Term relations
- skeletal muscle organ and part of some anterior abdominal wall and immediately_deep_to some abdominal internal oblique muscle
- anterior abdominal wall muscle
- immediately_deep_to some abdominal internal oblique muscle
- innervated_by some intercostal nerve