chest

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Breast (disambiguation) .

Superficial muscles of the chest and upper arm in humans

The chest ( Latin pectus , adjective pectoralis ) is the front half of the trunk in vertebrates , and the upper part of the trunk in upright humans .

The bony basis of the chest is the chest ( thorax ), which surrounds the chest cavity ( cavum thoracis ) with the organs located in it . The thorax consists of the thoracic spine , the ribs ( costae ) and the breastbone ( sternum ). The largest muscle in the chest is the pectoralis major muscle . The lymphatic drainage from the breast occurs mainly through the axillary lymph nodes .

The term "breast" is also used for the breast with the mammary gland ( mamma ). The arrangement of the mammary gland ( glandula mammaria ) in the breast area is only typical for a few mammals . The lungs and deep airways are also sometimes referred to as the chest.

etymology

The word mhd. , Ahd. Breast is related to MHG. Briustern "swell", belongs to the Indo-European. Root form bhreus- "swell, sprout" and originally referred to the two female breasts.

literature

• G.-H. Schumacher: Topographical Human Anatomy. Georg Thieme, 5th edition, 1988
• Franz-Viktor Salomon et al. (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. Enke, Stuttgart, 2nd ext. 2008 edition, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1

Web links

Wiktionary: Breast  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wikiquote: Breast  Quotes

Individual evidence

1. ^ Max Höfler: German book of names of diseases. Piloty & Loehle, Munich 1899 (Reprographic reprint: Olms, Hildesheim and New York 1970 and 1979, ISBN 1-174-35859-9 ), p. 78.
2. ^ The dictionary of origin (=  Der Duden in twelve volumes . Volume 7 ). 5th edition. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2014 ( p. 191 ). See also DWDS ( "Breast" ) and Friedrich Kluge : Etymological Dictionary of the German Language . 7th edition. Trübner, Strasbourg 1910 ( p. 74 ).