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Definition of Pectoralis major
1. Noun. A skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm.
Generic synonyms: Musculus Pectoralis, Pecs, Pectoral, Pectoral Muscle, Pectoralis
Definition of Pectoralis major
1. Noun. The large muscle that covers the chest and ribs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pectoralis major
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectoralis Major
Literary usage of Pectoralis major
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The pectoralis major (Fig. 229) is a broad, thick, triangular muscle, situated
at the upper and fore part of the chest, in front of the axilla. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It is very thin over the upper part of the pectoralis major, but thicker in the
... As the fascia leaves the lower edge of the pectoralis major to cross ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"Phylogenetically the clavicular head of the pectoralis major is present only in the
... In animals that have no clavicular head to the pectoralis major, ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Follow the cephalic vein and the deltoid branch of the thoraco-acromial artery
medially, under cover of the clavicular part of the pectoralis major and ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"portion of the pectoralis major. Externally and posteriorly to the artery rest
the branches of the axillary plexus of nerves, and internally and nearer to ..."
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