The external abdominal obliques are on both sides of your torso. They run diagonally from external surfaces of ribs 5-12 (origin) to the anterior illiac crest and abdominal aponeurosis (insertion).
run at an oblique angle to vertical direction of the spine.
The cat's muscle fibers run perpendicular to its internal oblique muscles. The fibers of the external oblique muscles run opposite of the muscles.
internal oblique opposes the external oblique
The inguinal ligament runs deep to the external oblique muscle.
External Oblique
External Oblique.
External Oblique
-external oblique -internal oblique -transversus abdominis -rectus abdominis
External Oblique
oblique
External oblique, internal oblique, and transversus abdominis
The term you are looking for is "oblique." Muscles that are described as oblique run at an angle or diagonal to the midline of the body.