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What do obliques muscles do?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 3/29/2022

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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