Preferred Name

Pectoralis Major

Synonyms
Definitions

Either of two large, bilateral muscles overlying the upper, anterior chest wall, which has two heads: the clavicular head, which originates on the medial half of the clavicle, and the sternal head, which originates on the sternum and the first six costal cartilages; the muscles insert onto the lateral lip of the intertubercular groove of the humerus and the crest of the greater tubercle of the humerus respectively, and function to flex, adduct, and medially rotate the shoulder joint.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C33284

ALT_DEFINITION

Either of two large muscles of the anterior chest wall, which has two heads: the clavicular head, which originates on the medial half of the clavicle, and the sternal head, which originates on the sternum and the first six costal cartilages; the muscles insert onto the lateral lip of the intertubercular groove of the humerus and the crest of the greater tubercle of the humerus respectively; primary function is flexion, adduction, and medial rotation of the shoulder joint.

code

C33284

Contributing_Source

CDISC

definition

Either of two large, bilateral muscles overlying the upper, anterior chest wall, which has two heads: the clavicular head, which originates on the medial half of the clavicle, and the sternal head, which originates on the sternum and the first six costal cartilages; the muscles insert onto the lateral lip of the intertubercular groove of the humerus and the crest of the greater tubercle of the humerus respectively, and function to flex, adduct, and medially rotate the shoulder joint.

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77526

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C74456

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C66830

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C61410

label

Pectoralis Major

Legacy Concept Name

Pectoralis_Major

Preferred_Name

Pectoralis Major

prefixIRI

NCIT:C33284

prefLabel

Pectoralis Major

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0585574

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C33286

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