Instead, they were set forth later in the Bill of Rights, comprised of the first ten. amendments to the Constitution. A bill of rights was demanded by many states in return for their ratification. of the Constitution, which they felt needed to outline individual liberties as well as government structure.
Oblique muscle. (Anat.) a muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles; - applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.
The external abdominal obliques are a pair of broad, thin, superficial muscles that lie on the lateral sides of the abdominal region of the body. Contraction of these muscles may result in several different actions, but they are best known for their lateral flexion and rotation of the trunk known as a side bend.ontraction of one of the abdominal obliques results in the lateral flexion and rotation of the trunk on the opposite side; in other words, the left external oblique rotates and flexes the trunk to the right.