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Definition of Pectoral muscle
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 Pectoral Muscle
Literary usage of Pectoral muscle
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 (1883)
"... a second incision along the lower border of the pectoral muscle, from the
ensiform cartilage to the inner side of the axilla ; a third, from the sternum ..."
2. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"The remarkably close apposition of the breast to the pectoral muscle, especially
in cases of chronic mastitis, facilitates early invasion of these deep ..."
3. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1885)
"... in the gland itself; or in that extensive plane of areolar tissue upon which
the gland rests, and which intervenes between it ami the pectoral muscle. ..."
4. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1900)
"pectoral muscle tender and swollen. Motions of the arm painful. ... An abrasion
on finger, followed by pain in the pectoral muscle ; then general symptoms. ..."
5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1885)
"Some of its fibres pass over the pectoral muscle and blend with it. As in the
other cases, it is supplied by a ..."
6. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The first or great pectoral muscle, ib. 25, is extraordinarily developed, and is
in general the largest muscle of the body. In birds of flight it often ..."
7. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The first or great pectoral muscle, ib. 25, is extraordinarily developed, and is
in general the largest muscle of the body. In birds of flight it often ..."
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