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MeSH Heading: Abdominal Muscles
Tree Number(s): A02.633.567.050
Unique ID: D000009
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000009
Annotation: /growth: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /‌embryol: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Scope Note: Muscles forming the ABDOMINAL WALL including RECTUS ABDOMINIS; ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE MUSCLES, transversus abdominis, pyramidalis muscles and quadratus abdominis.
Entry Term(s): Cremaster Muscle; Pyramidalis Muscle; Quadratus Abdominis; Transverse Abdominal; Transversus Abdominis
NLM Classification #: WE 757
See Also: Abdominal Wall
Public MeSH Note: 93; was ABDOMINAL WALL 1963-92
Online Note: use ABDOMINAL MUSCLES to search ABDOMINAL WALL 1966-92
History Note: 93; was ABDOMINAL WALL 1966-92
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Abdominal Muscles MeSH Descriptor Data 2025