pectoral muscle
Torso front flexor
The pectoral muscles are the large chest muscles connecting the front of the ribcage to the upper arm and shoulder.
The major pectoral draws the arm across the body; the minor stabilizes the shoulder blade.
In fitness contexts, often shortened to pecs: He's been working on his pecs at the gym.
Triangular upper-chest muscle
- sternalOf the breastbone
- originStarting point or source
- insertionPlacing something within
- innervationNerve supply to tissue
contraction · intercostal · deltoid · serratus anterior · trapezius · thorax · torso · skeletal
Shaped into art
- chiseledSharply cut, well-defined
- definedGiven exact meaning
- tonedMuscularly firm and defined
- rippedTorn or very muscular
aesthetic · proportionate · striated · separation · fullness · contoured · athletic · developed
Tissue enlargement via cells
definition · symmetry · upper chest · pump · protein · recovery · split · chest day
Horizontal strength lift
- pushupsBodyweight chest exercise
- chest pressWeighted pectoral strengthening movement
- dumbbell flyChest exercise, arms sweeping
- cable crossoverPulley-based chest exercise
incline press · dips · reps · sets · dumbbells · barbell · gym · workout
Excessive stretching force
- tearTo pull apart
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- tendinitisInflamed tissue joining muscle to bone
- inflammationProtective tissue response
rehabilitation · physical therapy · recovery · injury · soreness · DOMS · massage · palpation
pectoralis minor
Triangular upper-chest muscle
innervation · contraction · intercostal · deltoid · serratus anterior · trapezius · thorax · torso · skeletal · anterior
sculpted
Shaped into art
ripped · aesthetic · proportionate · striated · separation · fullness · contoured · athletic · developed · impressive
hypertrophy
Tissue enlargement via cells
growth · definition · symmetry · upper chest · pump · protein · recovery · split · chest day · progressive overload
benchpress
Horizontal strength lift
- pushupsBodyweight chest exercise
- chest pressWeighted pectoral strengthening movement
- dumbbell flyChest exercise, arms sweeping
cable crossover · incline press · dips · reps · sets · dumbbells · barbell · gym · workout · exercise
strain
Excessive stretching force
- tearTo pull apart
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- tendinitisInflamed tissue joining muscle to bone
inflammation · rehabilitation · physical therapy · recovery · injury · soreness · DOMS · massage · palpation · atrophy
- breastsbreast, nipple, nipples, areola, mammary gland
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