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Definition of Pectoralis
1. Noun. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Specialized synonyms: Greater Pectoral Muscle, Musculus Pectoralis Major, Pectoralis Major, Musculus Pectoralis Minor, Pectoralis Minor, Smaller Pectoral Muscle
Group relationships: Chest, Pectus, Thorax
Derivative terms: Pectoral
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectoralis
Literary usage of Pectoralis
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)
"Detach the pectoralis major by dividing the muscle along its attachment to the
clavicle, ... The pectoralis minor is now exposed, and immediately above it, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The pectoralis major is in relation by its anterior surface with the ... Detach the
pectoralis major by dividing the muscle along its attachment to the ..."
3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1888)
""With regard to the first, Mr. Gallon considered that it was the representative
of the pectoralis quartus; Mr. TB Perrin, that it was an aborted ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1889)
"The second is a rare muscle in the human subject, but is commonly found in animals;
it runs along, or under cover of the lower margin of the pectoralis ..."
5. 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 ..."
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