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MUSCLE
Part of the abdominal
Rectus sheath
aka Rectus Abdominis
paired muscle running vertically on each
side of the anterior wall of the human
abdomen.
External oblique
largest & most superficial of the three
flat muscles of the lateral anterior
abdomen.
Internal Oblique
muscle in the abdominal wall
lies below the external oblique
above the transverse abdominal
muscles.
CREMASTER
Insertion: linea alba, pubic crest & tubercle, anterior superior iliac spine & anterior half of
iliac crest
Action- flexes the thigh; flexes and laterally bends the lumbar vertebral column
Psoas major
Origin- bodies and transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae
Action- flexes the thigh; flexes & laterally bends the lumbar vertebral column
Psoas minor
Origin- bodies of the T12 & L1 vertebrae
Insertion- iliopubic eminence at the line of junction of the ilium and the superior pubic
ramus