Talk:Rectus abdominis muscle/Archive 1

Requested image
Could it be good to get another real person's six pack image.....? Other than one image. It would help the article. June 25, 2009
 * Perhaps it would be good to actually get a real person's six pack...?  K ilo-Lima|(talk) 15:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've added one. I'll leave it to someone else if they want to re-arrange things. JMiall 21:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

The comment about overdeveloped six pack is POV —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.243.37 (talk) 14:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Is the comment concerning rock climbers and individuals who practice yoga nesseccary?

The "How to get a six pack blog" in the external links section is simply just an advertisement. Remove it, please. 169.232.102.36 07:50, 22 January 2007 (UTC)Matt

All of these pictures are of men-- are there any of women out there? Some info about what happens during pregnancy would be helpful too... Scrapple (talk) 15:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Untitled
this article need a sirous edit;too much puctures and need more infomation not only in boudy buliding/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.177.113.108 (talk) 11:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

damage to you rectus abduminis.
An abdominal muscle strain, also called a pulled abdominal muscle, is an injury to one of the muscles of the abdominal wall. A muscle strain occurs when the muscle is stretched too far. When this occurs the muscle fibers are torn. Most commonly, a strain causes microscopic tears within the muscle, but occassionally, in severe injuries, the muscle can rupture from its attachment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.131.130.131 (talk) 16:03, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you please add a source for this? --Yankees76 (talk) 17:27, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Advantages of abdominal exercise
Exercising your arms lets you lift heavier objects. Exercising your legs lets you walk further and faster. What the hell does exercising your abs do though? It makes you shit easier? I'm a fat slob and I defecate just fine thank you. Please inform

As far as I (think) know the abs can aid flexibility in your torso, somewhat; it helps to brace your midsection when lifting weights, much like back-muscles and when lifting with the legs. Also, strong legs help with lifting weights, think about what's holding someone up when they're lifting 200lbs of iron? 77.100.97.137 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC).

Please summary your important edits here
also don't edit with Ips please -- Emperor Walter Humala  · ( talk? ·  help! ) 18:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The image of the teen is bad. He's just thin, he doesn't actually have a six pack. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.18.253 (talk) 19:28, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Use in respiration
The "Function" section says (with my emphasis added): The rectus abdominis assists with breathing and plays an important role in respiration in the event the patient is short of breath. This doesn't make sense, and I suspect there's a word or two missing. Does it mean that the muscle only plays an important role if the patient is short of breath, ie that if the patient is not short of breathe the muscle is not important? Somehow I don't think so. However, I am not a medical person, so I don't know. If it the sentence is literally true, it probably needs further explanation. Or it is wrong, and needs fixing. Can someone with appropriate medical knowledge please make the appropriate changes? Mitch Ames (talk) 11:40, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

What is being referred to is the use of the abdominal muscles as accessory muscles. During normal inspiration the bulk of the work involved in increasing the volume of the chest is done by the diaphragm. In the event of breathing difficulty additional muscles including ones in the abdomen can be recruited to aid in the expansion of the chest and opening of the airway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.69.148.78 (talk) 04:32, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Pictures
Some one got rid of the pictures —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.31.182 (talk) 14:18, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you mean the ones that were removed in back August? If so I've restored one of them as it seemed to me to be an appropriate illustration for the article. JMiall  ₰  21:59, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Can someone actually get a decent picture —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.114.18.136 (talk) 15:53, 21 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The one with the cat is nasty - Meewam (talk) 17:03, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Gray's?
Wouldn't an image from gray's be more consistent with most of the other anatomy articles? thedrewid314 22:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

-- Absolutely. I think the use of cadaver images here is frivolous and less descriptive than medical illustrations. --APDEF (talk) 16:10, 28 June 2012 (UTC)