Pectoralis

Pectoralis (adjective from Latin pectus 'breast' ) is part of the name for:

Anatomy ( pectoralis muscle , "chest muscle"):

• the two chest muscles of the human being:
  1. small breast muscle, musculus pectoralis minor
  2. large pectoral muscle, pectoralis major muscle
• the chest muscles in domestic mammals:
  1. superficial pectoral muscles, pectorales superficiales muscles , with:
     1. descending chest muscle ( pectoralis descendens muscle )
     2. transverse chest muscle ( pectoralis transversus muscle )
  2. deep (or ascending) chest muscle, musculus pectoralis profundus (syn. musculus pectoralis ascendens )
• the pectoral nerves, see pectoral nerve

Classical Studies:

• Fascia pectoralis , chest band in ancient times

Zoology:

• Dallia pectoralis , a species of fish found in Alaska, the islands of the Bering Sea
• Nematistius pectoralis , a species of fish found in the Pacific
• Trichogaster pectoralis ( snakeskin gourami ), a popular in Southeast Asia Speisefischart
• Leucorrhinia pectoralis ( great moss damsel ), a species of dragonfly
• Heteromunia pectoralis ( white-breasted nun ), a species of bird in Australia
• Hylophilus pectoralis ( Cinderella vireo ), a species of bird native to South America

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.