Usually means: Chest muscle involved in movement.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pectoralis)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight

Similar:
pectoral, pectoral muscle, PECS, musculus pectoralis, pectoralis major, pectoral girdle, pectoralis minor, musculi pectinati, pleurosteon, lateral pectoral nerve, more...

Opposite:
deltoid, trapezius, latissimus dorsi

Types:
sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, more...

Phrases:
pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, pectoralis muscle, pectoralis muscles, musculus pectoralis major, more...

Adjectives:
right, lower, large, absent, major, left, human, deltoid, tight, bilateral, minor

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Similar:
pectoral, pectoral muscle, PECS, musculus pectoralis, pectoralis major, pectoral girdle, pectoralis minor, musculi pectinati, pleurosteon, lateral pectoral nerve, more...

Opposite:
deltoid, trapezius, latissimus dorsi

Types:
sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, more...

Phrases:
pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, pectoralis muscle, pectoralis muscles, musculus pectoralis major, musculus pectoralis minor, musculus pectoralis, vena pectoralis, pectoralis major muscle, more...

Adjectives:
right, lower, large, absent, major, left, human, deltoid, tight, bilateral, minor



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