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  2. Pectoral muscles - Wikipedia

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    Deep muscles of the chest, including pectoralis minor, serratus anterior, and subclavius (Gray 1918) Pectoralis major is a thick, fan-shaped or triangular convergent muscle, which makes up the bulk of the chest muscle. It lies under the breast. It serves to flex, extend, and rotate the humerus, the long bone of the upper arm. Pectoralis minor ...

  3. Pectoralis major - Wikipedia

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    The pectoralis major (from Latin pectus 'breast') is a thick, fan-shaped or triangular convergent muscle of the human chest. It makes up the bulk of the chest muscles and lies under the breast . Beneath the pectoralis major is the pectoralis minor muscle .

  4. Muscles of respiration - Wikipedia

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    Apart from the above neck muscles, the following muscles have also been observed contributing to respiration: serratus anterior, pectoralis major and pectoralis minor, trapezius, latissimus dorsi, erector spinae, iliocostalis, quadratus lumborum, serratus posterior superior, serratus posterior inferior, levatores costarum, transversus thoracis ...

  5. Pectoralis minor - Wikipedia

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    Pectoralis minor muscle (/ ˌ p ɛ k t ə ˈ r æ l ɪ s ˈ m aɪ n ər /) is a thin, triangular muscle, situated at the upper part of the chest, beneath the pectoralis major in the human body. It arises from ribs III-V; it inserts onto the coracoid process of the scapula .

  6. Six packs, bulging biceps and when muscles are 'just for show'

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    A chiseled chest. Bulging biceps. Adonis-like abs. Gym rats push and pump weights to stay healthy and enjoy the side effect of looking buff in the process. But does achieving that muscular ...

  7. Medial pectoral nerve - Wikipedia

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    The medial pectoral nerve (also known as the medial anterior thoracic nerve) is (typically) a branch of the medial cord of the brachial plexus and is derived from spinal nerve roots C8-T1. It provides motor innervation to the pectoralis minor muscle , and the lower half (sternal part) of the pectoralis major muscle .

  8. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The muscle which can 'cancel' or to some degree reverse the action of the muscle. Muscle synergies are noted in parentheses when relevant. O (Occurrences) Number of times that the named muscle row occurs in a standard human body. Here it may also be denoted when a given muscles only occurs in a male or a female body.

  9. You're using your elliptical wrong. Here's the right way - AOL

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    But ellipticals with moving arms will engage your upper-body muscles — your arms (triceps and biceps), shoulders, chest and back — when pushing and pulling through each stride.