National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Pectoralis Minor

Synonyms

Pectoralis Minor

Musculus Pectoralis Minor

PECTORALIS MINOR MUSCLE

Definitions

Either of two small, triangular, bilateral muscles located inferior the pectoralis major muscle, which originate from the third to fifth ribs near their costal cartilages and inserting on the medial border and superior surface of the coracoid process of the scapula, and which function to stabilize the scapula against the thoracic wall.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33285

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle in the chest, in general extending from the third to fifth ribs near their costal cartilages to the medial border and superior surface of the coracoid process of the scapula; primary function is to stabilize the scapula against the thoracic wall.

code

C33285

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

Either of two small, triangular, bilateral muscles located inferior the pectoralis major muscle, which originate from the third to fifth ribs near their costal cartilages and inserting on the medial border and superior surface of the coracoid process of the scapula, and which function to stabilize the scapula against the thoracic wall.

FULL_SYN

Pectoralis Minor

Musculus Pectoralis Minor

PECTORALIS MINOR MUSCLE

label

Pectoralis Minor

Legacy Concept Name

Pectoralis_Minor

Preferred_Name

Pectoralis Minor

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33285

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0224347

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33286

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