PYRAMIDALIS ABDOMINIS
\pˌɪɹɐmɪdˈɑːliz ˌabdəmˈiːnɪz], \pˌɪɹɐmɪdˈɑːliz ˌabdəmˈiːnɪz], \p_ˌɪ_ɹ_ɐ_m_ɪ_d_ˈɑː_l_i_z ˌa_b_d_ə_m_ˈiː_n_ɪ_z]\
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A small, fleshy, pyramidal fasciculus, whose existence is not constant; and which is inserted, by its base, into the upper part of the pubis, and terminates, by its summit, at the inferior part of the linea alba. When it contracts, it stretches the linea alba.
By Robley Dunglison
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