transverse muscle of abdomen

n.

A muscle with origin from the seventh to the twelfth costal cartilages, lumbar fascia, iliac crest, and inguinal ligament; with insertion into the xiphoid cartilage, linea alba, and the pubic tubercle and pecten, with nerve supply from the lower thoracic nerve, and whose action compresses the abdominal contents.

Words nearby transverse muscle of abdomen

transverse horizontal axis, transverse lie, transverse ligament of elbow, transverse ligament of knee, transverse ligament of perineum, transverse muscle of abdomen, transverse muscle of chin, transverse muscle of nape, transverse muscle of tongue, transverse nerve of neck, transverse plane