pectoralis
Americannoun
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pectorales
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pectoralis
< Latin pectorālis; see pectoral
Vocabulary lists containing pectoralis
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Another movement that uses a “T” strap stretches the pectoralis minor muscle, a relatively small muscle in the chest that gets a heavy workout from stroking into a wave.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2015
The pectoralis muscle lays on top of the chest wall.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Anibal Sanchez went on the disabled list with a major right pectoralis strain and isn't expected to return until next month.
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2014
The large muscle on the chest, the pectoralis major, is an example of a convergent muscle because it converges on the greater tubercle of the humerus via a tendon.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The clavicular portion of the pectoralis major must then be divided right across its fibres, which will retract.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
The musculi pectorales so swelled, and the cartilago ensiformis so singularly raised, that the chest of the corpse touched the mouth.
From Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 by Wilhelm Meinhold
When they want to move a little they gently protrude themselves with their pinnae pectorales; but it is with their strong muscular tails only that they and all fishes shoot along with such inconceivable rapidity.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
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