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1. INTRODUCTION[edit | edit source]
The abdominal muscles form the anterior and lateral abdominal wall and consist of the external abdominal obliques, the internal abdominal obliques, the rectus abdominis and the transversus abdominus . Their function is to protet the viscera, to help maintain posture and to compress the abdominal contents , thus raising intra-abdominal pressure such as in sneezing, coughing, micturating, defecating, lifting and childbirth.