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Definition of Musculus pectoralis major

1. Noun. A skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm.

Medical Definition of Musculus pectoralis major

1. Origin, clavicular part (pars clavicularis), medial half of clavicle; sternocostal part (pars sternocostalis), anterior surface of manubrium and body of sternum and cartilages of first to sixth ribs; abdominal part (pars abdominalis), aponeurosis of external oblique; insertion, crest of greater tubercle of humerus; action, adducts and medially rotates arm; nerve supply, anterior thoracic. Synonym: musculus pectoralis major, greater pectoral muscle. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Musculus pectoralis major

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology by Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1901)
"In the first right intercostal space, bordering on the sternum, was a small streak of black pigmented tissue in the musculus pectoralis major, which could ..."

2. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1873)
"13. musculus pectoralis major. 14. " trapezius. a, Acromion process of scapula. b, Axillary border " " c, Coracoid process " " s, Spine I, Coraco-acromial ..."

3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Centrait)!, inn. Med., Leipzig, 23, 1902, (537-549, 561-575). Cramer, K[arl]. Ein Fall von Defect des musculus pectoralis major und minor ..."

4. A New Type of Hereditary Brachyphalangy in Man by Otto Lous Mohr, Christian Wriedt (1919)
"... second row on one hand, combined with a defect of the musculus pectoralis major and minor and eventually of some other breast muscles on the same side. ..."

5. The Brain Considered Anatomically, Physiologically and Philosophically by Emanuel Swedenborg, Rudolph Leonhard Tafel (1882)
"From the carotid I now penetrated downwards with my finger and the handle of the scalpel, behind the upper edge of the musculus pectoralis major, into which ..."

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