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rectus abdominis muscle

paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human (of some other mammals) abdomen
Class type of: muscle of abdomen, particular anatomical entity Q275150

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
class of anatomical entity, chiral muscle organ type[2]
Subclass of
muscle of abdomen, particular anatomical entity[3][4]
Part of
muscle of abdomen[5]
Facet of
human torso[6]
Antagonist muscle
erector spinae muscles[9]
Arterial supply
inferior epigastric artery[8]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[7]
Innervated by
sixth intercostal nerve, seventh intercostal nerve, eighth intercostal nerve, ninth intercostal nerve, tenth intercostal nerve, eleventh intercostal nerve, subcostal nerve, iliohypogastric nerve, ilioinguinal nerve[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Muscle action
flexion of the torso, lateral flexion of the torso, raising intra-abdominal pressure[19][20][21]
P14541
2BCKoW[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en abdominals en abdominal muscles en Rectus abdominis muscle en rectus abdominis muscle en rectus abdominis en core muscle definition en abs ar عضلات الطن ar عضلة مستقيمة بطنية cs Přímý sval břišní de Rectus abdominis de Musculus rectus abdominis de M. rectus abdominis de Gerader Bauchmuskel el Ορθός κοιλιακός μυς es musculus rectus abdominis es Musculo recto mayor del abdomen es músculo recto mayor del abdomen es recto mayor del abdomen fa عضله راست شکم
🔖 Identifiers · 25
GND ID
4681914-9
OpenAlex ID
C2780788075
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rectus abdominis.png ↗
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
557110
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/rectus-abdominis-muscle
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
9628
Freebase ID
/m/04gvfs
GPnotebook ID
168165454
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
380343105
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA1N65
KBpedia ID
RectusAbdominis
MeSH descriptor ID
D017568
Show all 25 identifiers +13
MeSH tree code
A02.633.567.050.800
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780788075
Quora topic ID
Abdominals-muscle
SNOMED CT ID
256672008
Store medisinske leksikon ID
musculus_rectus_abdominis
TA2 ID
2357
TA98 Latin term
m. rectus abdominis
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A04.5.01.001
Topic's main category
Category:Rectus abdominis muscle
UBERON ID
0002382
UMLS CUI
C0206066
WikiSkripta article ID
23222
Xenopus Anatomical Ontology ID
XAO_0004128

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🔗 Connections
← Antagonist muscle 4
erector spinae muscles, iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis muscles
Innervated by 3
ilioinguinal nerve, iliohypogastric nerve, subcostal nerve
← Innervates 3
iliohypogastric nerve, set of intercostal nerves, subcostal nerve
Antagonist muscle 1
erector spinae muscles
Arterial supply 1
inferior epigastric artery
Facet of 1
human torso
Has these parts 1
Rectus sheath
← Class of object(s) of occurrence 1
crunch
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Summary

rectus abdominis muscle is a class of anatomical entity[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → —
    P14541 → 2BCKoW
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · ~2026-36985-58 · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → muscle of abdomen
    Innervated by → sixth intercostal nerve, seventh intercostal nerve, eighth intercostal nerve +6
    Antagonist muscle → erector spinae muscles
    Arterial supply → inferior epigastric artery
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: rectus-muskler"
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