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The obliques function to pull the chest downwards and compress the abdominal wall. It also has some actions in both flexion and rotation of the vertebral column. The obliques contracting on one side can create lateral flexion on that side.
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Which muscles are worked during sit-ups?
Your abdominal muscles and obliques.
Is the Rectus abdominus medial or lateral to the obliques?
The rectus abdominus muscles are media to the obliques. They lie closer to the midline than the obliques, which are lateral.
What muscles compose the abdominal wall?
internal obliques, external obliques, transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis
What muscles do situps work?
your abs, deltiods, and obliques
What are the large muscles on the sides and front of your abdomen?
Obliques
What muscles are used during a plank?
Obliques and rectus abdominis
Muscles used in trunk rotation?
internal and external obliques
What four muscles help form the abdominal girdle?
internal obliques, external obliques, rectus abdominis, and transverse abdominis
What is another name for Obliques?
The oblique muscles help a person twist and bend at the torso. Strong obliques are good for supporting the lower back. Another name for obliques is side abdominals.
Which of the abdominal muscles has its fiber running in an inferomedial direction?
External Obliques
What is the name of your chest muscles?
pectorals, abdominals, obliques are the major ones
What muscles are used in volleyball?
The muscles used in volleyball, are the biceps, triceps, deltoids, quadriceps, hamstrings, calf muscles, abdomens, and obliques.
