The nerve supply to the muscles of the anterior abdominal wall:

A) pierces the peritoneum immediately prior to entering the deep surface of the muscle.
B) is derived from the sympathetic trunk.
C) travels between the internal oblique and transverses abdominis muscles.
D) also innervates the diaphragm.
E) is derived from sacral ventral rami.


Ans: C

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