October 25, 2014. Ranking the greatest battleships of all time is a tad easier than ranking naval battles. Both involve comparing apples with oranges. But at least taking the measure of individual men-of-war involves comparing one apple with one orange.
This lumpy appearance results in the rectus abdominis muscles being referred to as the âsix-pack.â. The name rectus abdominis comes from the Latin words for âstraightâ and âabdominal,â indicating that its fibers run in a straight vertical line through the abdominal region of the body.... Click to read more below.
The external oblique muscle does the following: 1  Laterally flexes the spine. This means that the external oblique muscle bends the spine to the side (i.e. it moves the ribcage downward to the side towards the pelvis). 2  Rotates the spine. This means that the external oblique muscle turns the spine to the side (i.e. it twists the torso).