pectoral muscle

pectoral muscle

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) either of two large chest muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor), that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm

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Noun

1.

pectoral muscle - either of two large muscles of the chest musculus pectoralis, pecs, pectoral, pectoralis skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes greater pectoral muscle, musculus pectoralis major, pectoralis major - a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm musculus pectoralis minor, pectoralis minor, smaller pectoral muscle - a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

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pectoral muscle

n → Brustmuskel m