- Region
- Abdomen
- Side
- Left
- Selection
- One source surface
Position in the abdominal wall
Rectus abdominis is paired at the front midline, enclosed by rectus sheaths; tendinous intersections create its segmented appearance.
Sources: OpenStax
What is selectable
This page opens one named source object. Its surface may contain muscle and aponeurotic extensions; no guessed boundaries have been cut and no individual fiber bundles are selectable.
The rendered mesh is not a medical scan or a contraction simulation. Color identifies the selection, not a histological tissue boundary.
Sources: Z-Anatomy source
Inspect a covered structure
Start with Isolate to inspect the whole surface. Show context restores the included neighbors; Fade others makes those surfaces translucent while preserving their positions. Search can select a muscle even when an overlying surface prevents a direct click.
Transparency is a visualization aid. It does not establish correct contact between layers or replace specialist anatomical review.
Sources: Z-Anatomy source
Regional context and limits
The regional study contains eight abdominal muscle objects, 26 bones and six costal cartilages from one shared source coordinate system. Fascia, linea alba, diaphragm, psoas and organs are not included in this bundle.
This regional geometry is not registered to the atlas whole-body model. Existing bone and external-oblique detail links retain their canonical pages, which can use a different documented geometry variant.
Sources: Z-Anatomy source
Read the model
Explore left rectus abdominis in 3D
- Inspect alone. Use the initial isolated view and rotate around the source surface.
- Restore context. Use Show context, then Fade others to reveal covered surfaces without moving them.
- Compare the pair. Open the opposite-side page or select it in the regional search. Abdomen →
Sources and editorial status
This guide uses independently written explanations with links to the evidence behind them. Source checking and specialist anatomical review are separate steps; the latter is still pending.
- Axial muscles of the abdominal wall and thorax
Brief independently written summary of layer position. No figures reproduced.
- Pinned Z-Anatomy FBX models
MuscularSystem100.fbx object 473516794. World transforms and triangle surfaces retained; axis conversion, exact indexing, source hashes and CC BY-SA 4.0 credits are recorded beneath the viewer. Source-authored left counterparts contain reflected transforms, not independent bilateral specimens.
3D geometry and its separate license are credited beneath the viewer. References do not imply endorsement of this site.