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I can feel a hard muscle or ligament on each side of my lower abdomen above the hip bones. what is that muscle or ligament called?
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Rectus abdominus: The paired muscles of the abdomen that run vertically are the rectus abdominus muscles. I cannot be sure from this description, but that is most likely.
Answered 8/17/2013
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