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
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Term information
database cross reference
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181624003
- FMA:9627
- MA:0002354
- EHDAA:8311
- VHOG:0000895
- NCIT:C33284
- UMLS:C0585574 (ncithesaurus:Pectoralis_Major)
- EHDAA2:0001424
- EMAPA:18179
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectoralis_major_muscle
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0585574
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- pectoral muscle
- axial muscle
- muscle of shoulder
- innervated_by some thoracic nerve
- superficial_to some pectoralis minor
- has_muscle_origin some sternum
- has_muscle_insertion some humerus
- has_muscle_origin some clavicle bone