Pectus

Pec´tus    (pĕk´tŭs)

n.

1.

(Zool.) The breast of a bird.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pectus - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates chest, thorax craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity breastbone, sternum - the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs thoracic aorta - a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries thoracic vein, vena thoracica - veins that drain the thoracic walls gall bladder, gallbladder - a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion area of cardiac dullness - a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" female chest, bust - the chest of a woman male chest - the chest of a man musculus pectoralis, pecs, pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis - either of two large muscles of the chest chest cavity, thoracic cavity - the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart breast, chest - the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" rib cage - the bony enclosing wall of the chest