One side: laterally flexes or rotates vertebral column
Both sides together: flexes vertebral column and compresses abdominal wall
External obliques
One side: laterally flexes vertebral column; rotates vertebral column to opposite side
Both sides together: flexes vertebral column and compresses abdominal wall
Internal obliques
One side: laterally flexes vertebral column
Both sides together: flexes vertebral column and compresses abdominal wall
Transversus abdominis
Flexes vertebral column and compresses abdominal wall
Rectus abdominis