Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
pectoral nerve Function:
noun : either of two nerves that arise from the brachial plexus on each side or from the nerve trunks forming it and that supply thepectoral muscles:
a : one lateral to the axillary artery called also
lateral pectoral nerve, superior pectoral nerve b : one medial to the axillaryartery called also
inferior pectoral nerve, medial pectoral nerve
