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• n  any of various straight muscles

• Taking a broader approach, researchers at San Diego State University compared 13 abdominal exercises for their ability to develop the rectus abdominis, or central muscle of the .
• I shall call him spiritus rectus: the Upright Spirit of the trial.
• A section of the rectus abdominis, one of the two large muscles that run vertically from the ribs to the pelvis, is removed, along with a surrounding island of skin and fat.

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• Kings forward Carl Landry out 3-4 months
  The Sacramento Kings need all the help they get. But their situation just got even tougher. A recent MRI taken at Kaiser Permanente revealed that Kings forward Carl Landry suffered a tear in his left hip flexor muscle (rectus femoris) during a recent training camp practice. Surgery to repair the injury has been scheduled for Tuesday [...]
  Oct. 14, 2013 - Inside Hoops

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• Mark Thomas in Sportinglife.com
  Simon is going to have surgery tomorrow (Tuesday) to reinforce the rectus abdominis on both sides, and at the same time he's going to look and see, laparoscopically, through his belly button, at the small hernias that we saw, and he'll repair those... Paul Holmgren http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Holmgren&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWEabteh_8Mv_1oYm6O4Zvtxe4Tg MiamiHerald.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/hockey/hockey-wires/story/1312882.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE6-vmmZF36jviVbPOoetC0cZs98g Nov 2, 2009 81356 109134 rectus Essex physio Mark Thomas said: He has had an ultrasound scan today on his left thigh following a niggle. This shows he has a strain to his left rectus femoris muscle. Ravinder was able to continue playing (on Sunday) aided by thigh strapping and...