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part of the rectus is sometimes a small triangular muscle called the pyramidalis. The quadratus lumborum is a muscle at the back of the abdominal See also:

wall which runs between the last See also:

RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

rib and the See also:

crest of the ilium. In front of the bodies of the vertebrae is a prevertebral or hypaxial musculature, of which the rectus ca pills anticus See also:

major and minor muscles and See also:

LONGUS

longus colli in the See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck and the psoas in the loins See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief parts, the latter being See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar as the undercut of the sirloin of See also:

BEEF (through O. Fr. boef, mod. boeuf, from Lat. bos, bovis, ox, Gr. f3oiir, which show the ultimate connexion with the Sanskrit go, gaits, ox, and thus with " cow")

beef, while the See also:

PELVIS (Lat. for " basin," cf. Gr. 7rEX?a )

pelvis is closed below by a See also:

MUSCULAR

muscular See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor formed by the levator See also:

ANI (anc. Abnicum)

ani and coccygeus muscles. The See also:

DIAPHRAGM (Gr. Scat/pay,aa, a partition)

diaphragm is explained in a See also:

SEPARATE

separate article.

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