greater pectoral muscle

  • 1greater pectoral muscle — noun a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm • Syn: ↑pectoralis major, ↑musculus pectoralis major • Hypernyms: ↑pectoral, ↑pectoral muscle, ↑pectoralis, ↑musculus pectoralis, ↑pecs …

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  • 2pectoral muscle — noun either of two large muscles of the chest • Syn: ↑pectoral, ↑pectoralis, ↑musculus pectoralis, ↑pecs • Derivationally related forms: ↑pectoral (for: ↑pectoral) …

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  • 3pectoral muscle greater — musculus pectoralis major …

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  • 4Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …

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  • 5muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …

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  • 6Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin …

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  • 7Greater weever — Taxobox name = Greater weever regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Trachinidae genus = Trachinus species = T. draco binomial = Trachinus draco binomial authority = Linnaeus, 1758The greater… …

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  • 8Pectoralis major muscle — Pectoralis major Pectoralis major Gray s subject #122 436 …

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  • 9Pectoralis minor muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Pectoralis minor Latin = musculus pectoralis minor GraySubject = 122 GrayPage = 438 Caption = Caption2 = | Origin = 3rd to 5th ribs, near their costal cartilages Insertion = medial border and superior surface of the coracoid …

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  • 10pecs — noun either of two large muscles of the chest (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑pectoral, ↑pectoral muscle, ↑pectoralis, ↑musculus pectoralis • Derivationally related forms: ↑pectoral (for: ↑ …

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