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transversus abdominis (medicine)


transversus abdominis
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, seventh to twelfth costal cartilages, lumbar fascia, iliac crest, and inguinal ligament; insertion, xiphoid cartilage and linea alba and, through the conjoint tendon, pubic tubercle and pecten; action, compresses abdominal contents; nerve supply, lower thoracic.

Synonym: musculus transversus abdominis, musculus transversalis abdominis, transverse muscle of abdomen.


Vasari, Giorgio (sh)




born July 30, 1511, Arezzo
died June 27, 1574, Florence

Italian painter, architect, and writer.

Though he was a prolific painter in the Mannerist style, he is more highly regarded as an architect (he designed the Uffizi Palace, now the Uffizi Gallery), but even his architecture is overshadowed by his writings. His Lives of the Most Eminent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors (1550) offers biographies of early to late Renaissance artists. His style is eminently readable and his material is well researched, though when facts were scarce he did not hesitate to fill in the gaps. In his view, Giotto had revived the Art of true representation after its decline in the early Middle Ages, and succeeding artists had brought that Art progressively closer to the perfection achieved by Michelangelo. The work's second edition (1568) has proved an invaluable resource for Art historians.


Vasari, self-portrait, oil painting; in the Uffizi, Florence

Scala/Art Resource, New York