The pectoralis major is a thick, fan-shaped muscle, situated at the upper front of the chest wall. It makes up the bulk of the chest muscles in the male and lies under the breast in the female. Underneath the pectoralis major is the pectoralis minor, a thin, triangular muscle. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectoralis_major_muscle ]
Synonyms: pectoralis major muscle structure pectoralis major muscle
Term information
- EMAPA:18179
- NCIT:C33284
- EHDAA:8311
- MA:0002354
- SCTID:181624003
- Wikipedia:Pectoralis_major_muscle
- FMA:9627
- UMLS:C0585574 (ncithesaurus:Pectoralis_Major)
- VHOG:0000895
- EHDAA2:0001424
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- pectoral muscle
- axial muscle
- muscle of shoulder
- innervated_by some thoracic nerve
- has muscle origin some clavicle bone
- has muscle insertion some humerus
- superficial to some pectoralis minor
- has muscle origin some sternum