| pectoral girdle | shoulder girdle |
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| pectoral glands | Numerous nodes around the axillary veins which receive the lymphatic drainage from the upper limb, scapular region and pectoral region (including mammary gland); they drain into the subclavian trunk. Synonym: nodi lymphatici axillares, axillary glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral group of axillary lymph nodes | Lymph nodes located along the lateral thoracic vein; they receive the drainage of the pectoral region, including most of the drainage of the breast. Synonym: nodi lymphatici axillaris pectorales, anterior group of axillary lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral muscles | Muscles underlying the breast area. (16 Dec 1997) |
| pectoral reflex | Contraction of the pectoralis major muscle elicited by tapping the seventh rib between the anterior and the medial axillary lines while the arm is abducted; contraction of the deltoid and biceps may also occur. Synonym: costopectoral reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral region | The region of the chest demarcated by the outline of the pectoralis major muscle. See: pectoral region, regions of chest. Synonym: regio pectoralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral ridge | The ridge below the greater tubercle of the humerus into which the pectoralis major muscle inserts. Synonym: crista tuberculi majoris, bicipital ridges, pectoral ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral veins | Veins draining the pectoral muscles and emptying directly into the subclavian vein. Synonym: venae pectorales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoralgia | Pain in the chest. Origin: L. Pectus (pector-), chest, + G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoralis major | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, clavicular part (pars clavicularis), medial half of clavicle; sternocostal part (pars sternocostalis), anterior surface of manubrium and body of sternum and cartilages of first to sixth ribs; abdominal part (pars abdominalis), aponeurosis of external oblique; insertion, crest of greater tubercle of humerus; action, adducts and medially rotates arm; nerve supply, anterior thoracic. Synonym: musculus pectoralis major, greater pectoral muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoralis minor | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, third to fifth ribs at the costochondral articulations; insertion, tip of coracoid process of scapula; action, draws down scapula or raises ribs; nerve supply, medial pectoral nerve. Synonym: musculus pectoralis minor, smaller pectoral muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoralis muscles | Muscular tissues attached to the front of the chest wall and extending to the upper arms. These are under the breast. They are divided into the pectoralis major and the pectoralis minor muscles. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pectoriloquy | <medicine> The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity. Origin: L. Pectus, -oris, the breast + loqui to speak: cf. F. Pectoriloquie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pectorodorsal muscle | <anatomy> An anomalous muscle or tendinus slip that passes across the axilla from the pectoralis major to insert with the latissimus dorsi onto the humerus. Though to be a vestige of the panniculus carnosus muscle of lower mammals. Synonym: axillary arch muscle, axillary arch, pectorodorsal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectorodorsalis muscle | <anatomy> An anomalous muscle or tendinus slip that passes across the axilla from the pectoralis major to insert with the latissimus dorsi onto the humerus. Though to be a vestige of the panniculus carnosus muscle of lower mammals. Synonym: axillary arch muscle, axillary arch, pectorodorsal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectinate |
comb-like.
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| pectinate |
[PEK-tin-ate] with branches or projections like the teeth of a comb; usally referring to antennae or tarsal claws.
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| pectus carinatum |
Convex chest (bowed out) opposite of pectus excavatum.
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| pectus excavatum |
Concave chest (caved in) opposite of pectus carinatum.
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| pecten |
in Hymenoptera, rigid, incurved set?which arm the exterior margin of the upper part of the base of valvul?or maxill?
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| PEC | veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein |
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| PEC | either of two large muscles of the chest |
| PEC | a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm |
| PEC | a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs |
| PEC | the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
| PEC | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| PEC | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else |
| PEC | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use |
| PEC | characteristic of one only |
| PEC | markedly different from the usual |
| PEC | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected |
| PEC | unique or specific to a person or thing or category |