斜しゃ筋きん

noun

oblique muscle

Anatomical term for muscles with an oblique fiber orientation, such as the abdominal obliques or the obliquus oculi muscles.

• 腹ふく斜しゃ筋きんは体たい幹かんをひねる動うごきに関かかわる。

  The abdominal oblique muscles are involved in twisting movements of the trunk.

• 外がい腹ふく斜しゃ筋きんと内ない腹ふく斜しゃ筋きんは腹ふっ筋きん群ぐんの一いち部ぶだ。

  The external oblique and internal oblique are part of the abdominal muscle group.