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Pectoral muscle   /pˈɛktərəl mˈəsəl/   Listen
Pectoral muscle

noun
1.
Either of two large muscles of the chest.  Synonyms: musculus pectoralis, pecs, pectoral, pectoralis.



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"Pectoral muscle" Quotes from Famous Books



... artery, B, terminates at the point where, properly speaking, it first takes its name; and from this point to the posterior fold of the axilla formed by the latissimus dorsi muscle, O, Plate 11, N, Plate 12, and the anterior fold formed by the great pectoral muscle, K, Plate 11, I, Plate 12, the continuation of the subclavian artery is named axillary. From the posterior fold of the axilla, O P, Plate 11, to the bend of the elbow, the same main vessels ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise



Words linked to "Pectoral muscle" :   smaller pectoral muscle, skeletal muscle, musculus pectoralis major, striated muscle, chest, pectus, pectoralis minor, musculus pectoralis minor, thorax, pectoralis major



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