Talk:Rectus abdominis muscle

message: The intro paragraph says:
"The rectus abdominis muscle (commonly known as "abs") is a paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen (and in some other animals). There are two parallel muscles, separated by a midline band of connective tissue called the linea alba (white line). It extends from the pubic symphysis/pubic crest inferiorly to the xiphisternum/xiphoid process and lower costal cartilages (5-7) superiorly."
So it is first referred to as "the rectus abdominis muscle" (singular), then "a paired muscle", and then "two parallel muscles".  So is it one muscle or two or paired or what?  Fatrb38 (talk) 04:53, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a paired muscle. You have a right rectus abdominis and a left rectus abdominis. The two are rarely spoken about by themselves since they are right next to each other in the midline, so they tend to get lumped into the singular rectus abdominis. Jura (talk) 15:47, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: They "they tend to get lumped into the singular rectus abdominis" because there is only one muscle. The term "paired muscle" is meaningless. 14.2.196.234 (talk) 12:02, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  One muscle, paired muscle, or two muscles? 

message: The paired muscles seem pretty clear to be a set of three, with a large single muscle at the bottom.  This leads me to the beliefs that a "12" pack would be anatonomically impossible-- is this true?  Skiendog (talk) 23:46, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Arnold, perhaps the most famous bodybuilder of all time, had a 4 pack; no "lower abs". ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 21:30, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  6 pack.... 12 pack? 

message: Why are there no sections discussing six-packs in history and six-packs in culture today? I would regard these topics as very important and, in today's (Western) society, developed rectus abdominis muscles are highly sought-after. I came to this article wanting to find out when six-packs became fashionable and whether there have been other points in history and culture when they were as desirable. Sort it out, Wikipedia! Crazy Eddy (talk) 19:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree --Daniel G. (talk) 15:28, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

text: Agree, it should be noted how hot they are --Alexandre Newman (talk) 18:20, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Six-packs in cultural and historical terms? 

message: Can i look up an article of a muscle group without seeing pictures of dead bodies please? If i wanted to see people getting chopped up id go to a gore site. This isnt the 17th century we dont need to cut it open to see whats inside any more.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.233.215.96 (talk) 08:02, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved   -- Calidum 16:35, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Rectus abdominis muscle →  – While rectus abdominis is the technical term for this muscle, you will hardly ever hear someone call it by that outside of a clinical setting. The common name is by far simply Abs. An Ngram search shows this, as well as a PubMed search where "abs" returns 14,974 results and "rectus abdominis" returns 6,745. A google search returns 3.66 billion results for "abs muscle," while "rectus abdominis muscle" gives only 3.32 million. While it's true that WP:MEDMOS gives us "", I say this is an instance where the technical term should not be used, and instead, the common name per WP:COMMONNAME. There is precedence for a move like this, as the article on the Biceps brachii muscle is simply Biceps. You can see that discussion here. Invinciblewalnut (talk) 15:24, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 7 October 2021