Sentences with phrase «abdominis separating»

Three to four horizontal tendinous intersections traverse the rectus abdominis separating the muscle into six to eight muscle belies.

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Now when you are pregnant, the rectus abdominis muscles expand and separate vertically down the middle so as to make room for the baby.

This can cause the two large parallel bands of muscles that meet in the middle of the abdomen to separate — a condition called diastasis recti or diastasis recti abdominis.

The increased intra-abdominal pressure during pregnancy causes the left and rights sides of rectus abdominis (the «six pack»), to separate leaving a thin sheath of connective tissue to provide support for the abdominal wall.

As the uterus expands, two parallel sheets of muscles (the rectus abdominis muscles or Six pack muscles), which run from the rib cage to the pubic bone, may separate along the center seam.