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    clavipectoral fascia (costocoracoid membrane; coracoclavicular fascia) is a strong fascia situated under cover of the clavicular portion of the pectoralis major...
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    The pectoral fascia is a thin lamina, covering the surface of the pectoralis major, and sending numerous prolongations between its fasciculi: it is attached...
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    Pectoralis minor muscle (/ˌpɛktəˈrælɪs ˈmaɪnər/) is a thin, triangular muscle, situated at the upper part of the chest, beneath the pectoralis major in...
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    pectoral fascia is a thin layer of tissue over the pectoralis major, extending toward the latissimus dorsi muscle on the back. Along with the pectoralis major...
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    muscles and lies under the breast. Beneath the pectoralis major is the pectoralis minor muscle. The pectoralis major arises from parts of the clavicle and...
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    tailored underwear for work or leisure. Roman women could also wear a fascia pectoralis, a breast-wrap similar to a modern women's bra. A 4th-century AD Sicillian...
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  • The pectoral fascia is very thin over the upper part of the pectoralis major, but thicker in the interval between it and the latissimus dorsi, where it...
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    Structures under deltoid Humerus Pectoralis minor Supraspinatus Infraspinatus Teres minor Subscapularis Pectoralis major Teres major Latissimus dorsi...
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  • The brachial fascia (deep fascia of the arm) is continuous with that covering the deltoideus and the pectoralis major muscle, by means of which it is attached...
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    fascia, and enters the deep surface of the pectoralis major to innervate it. The lateral pectoral nerve provides motor innervation to the pectoralis major...
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    border of Pectoralis Major (medially) Medial border of Deltoid muscle (laterally) It contains the cephalic vein, and deltopectoral fascia, which is a...
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    aponeuroses) is a flattened tendon by which muscle attaches to bone or fascia. Aponeuroses exhibit an ordered arrangement of collagen fibres, thus attaining...
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    chest. The pectoralis minor muscle is larger than the pectoralis major. However, most of its anterior border is covered by the pectoralis major. Its origins...
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    upper edge of the pectoralis minor. Projecting forward to the upper border of the Pectoralis minor, it pierces the coracoclavicular fascia and divides into...
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    placed between the clavicle and the first rib. Along with the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles, the subclavius muscle makes up the anterior...
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    and back sides may include attachments of large upper limb muscles like pectoralis major or latissimus dorsi, while the sides only have serratus anterior...
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  • communicated with the plexus of lymph nodes located in the deep fascia of pectoralis major muscle. Subareoloar lympatic plexus is involved in the axillary...
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    kneeling on four limbs). Pectoralis fascia. The pectoralis major muscle is covered with a thin superficial membrane, the pectoral fascia, which has many prolongations...
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  • kneeling on four limbs). Pectoralis fascia. The pectoralis major muscle is covered with a thin superficial membrane, the pectoral fascia, which has many prolongations...
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  • contract due to actin and myosin. Muscle is covered by a fibrous tissue called fascia, to which other muscles can attach, and muscles attach to bone via tendons...
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    From an evolutionary prospective, the pectoral muscles – the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor – are thought to have evolved from a primitive muscle...
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    7-12 thoracic nerves. The sternalis muscle may be a variant form of the pectoralis major or the rectus abdominis. Some fibers are occasionally connected...
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    to join the under surface of the tendon of the pectoralis major, the coracobrachialis, or the fascia over the biceps brachii. This axillary arch crosses...
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    attached to the chest by the deep fascia over the pectoralis major muscles. The space between the breast and the pectoralis major muscle, called retromammary...
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    in shape and formed by the lower border of the pectoralis major. Some sources also include the pectoralis minor. It can elongate after weight loss. The...
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    to the pectoralis minor; its under surface is smooth; its medial and lateral borders are rough; the former gives attachment to the pectoralis minor and...
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    Rotatores Interspinales Intertransversarii Thoracolumbar fascia Muscles of thorax Pectoralis major Pectoralis minor Subclavius Serratus anterior Levatores costarum...
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    abdomen; above, it is covered by and gives origin to the lower fibers of the pectoralis major; below, its fibers are closely aggregated together, and extend obliquely...
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    Near the shoulder, the cephalic vein passes between the deltoid and pectoralis major muscles (deltopectoral groove) through the clavipectoral triangle...
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    muscle is a broad sheet of muscle arising from the fascia covering the upper parts of the pectoralis major muscle and deltoid muscle. Its fibers cross...
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