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Definition of Smaller pectoral muscle

1. Noun. A skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs.

Medical Definition of Smaller pectoral muscle

1. Origin, third to fifth ribs at the costochondral articulations; insertion, tip of coracoid process of scapula; action, draws down scapula or raises ribs; nerve supply, medial pectoral nerve. Synonym: musculus pectoralis minor, smaller pectoral muscle. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Smaller pectoral muscle

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1. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"smaller pectoral muscle arising from the outer side of the keel-shaped manubrium superficially to the upper fibres of the greater pectoral, ..."

2. Anatomical Names by Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Roy Lee Moodie, Wilhelm His (1917)
"... Pectineus muscle — pectoralis—46:74 — pectoralis major—46:74 = Greater pectoral muscle — pectoralis minor—46:78;= smaller pectoral muscle ..."

3. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A): With Special by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... of the chest Sternal muscle Greater pectoral muscle Clavicular part Sternocostal part Abdominal part smaller pectoral muscle Subclavius muscle Anterior ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"... of external oblique muscle; 18, inferior posterior serratus muscle; 19, portion of anterior serratus muscle; 2o, portion of the smaller pectoral muscle; ..."

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