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any of various straight muscles

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Pregnancy was associated with widening of the rectus muscles.
The width and cross-sectional area of each rectus muscle, width of the linea alba, and circumference of the abdominal cavity at the level of the L3 vertebra were measured.
"Following the tests carried out today on our player, Brahim Diaz, by the Real Madrid medical department, he has been diagnosed with a muscular injury to his right anterior rectus. His recovery will continue to be assessed," the club said in a statement.
Computed tomography (CT) with intravenous contrast showed a well-circumscribed mass, measuring 6 cm x 4.6 cm x 6.7 cm, with heterogeneous enhancement [Figure 1] attached to rectus sheath.
One is by retracting and sparing the rectus abdominis muscle and other is by cutting the rectus abdominis muscle.
The rectus abdominis flap was modified by Shukla and Hughes as a vertical or oblique skin paddle and inferior pedicle for the closure of perineal defects.
At the mid urethra, there was a transverse band thought to be the previous rectus fascial sling.
A hernial sac containing the small intestine was identified intraoperatively, laterally to the rectus abdominis muscle, below the arcuate line, and protruding through a defect of the transversalis fascia and the transversus abdominis muscle.
The deep suboccipital muscles including the rectus capitis posterior major (RCPma), rectus capitis posterior minor (RCPmi), obliquus capitis superior (OCS),and obliqus capitis inferior (OCI), located between the inferior nuchal line of the occipital bone and the dorsal aspect of the axis, are indispensable in maintaining head posture and in proprioception.
a) Increased right hypertropia on right head tilt is due to the unopposed elevating action of the inferior rectus
Rectus sheath hematoma (RSH) is a clinical entity characterized by the presence of blood within rectus abdominis muscle sheath.
Rectus sheath hematoma (RSH) is a rare condition and is the result of the rupture of the rectus muscle fibers or the rupture of the epigastric vessels in the anterior rectus abdominis sheath and the accumulation of blood in the rectus sheath (1).
CT scan showed obvious enlargement of the inferior rectus muscle of the left eye (Figure 1(c)).
Most involve injury to the medial rectus muscle via violation of the lamina papyracea, while the orbital floor and adjacent inferior rectus muscle is generally not considered a high-risk area [6].