pectoralis

[pek-tuh-ral-is, -rey-lis, -rah-]

pec·to·ral·is

[pek-tuh-ral-is, -rey-lis, -rah-]
noun, plural pec·to·ral·es [-ral-eez, -rey-leez, -rah-] . Anatomy.
either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.

Origin:
< Latin pectorālis; see pectoral
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Pectoralis is always a great word to know.
So is floating rib. Does it mean:
a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops
one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
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pectoralis

noun
either of two large muscles of the chest [syn: pectoral
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