Furthermore, the pectoralis minor muscle is not a parallel-fibered muscle, and it is oversized in adults.
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In attaching to the coracoid process, the pectoralis minor forms a'bridge'- structures passing into the upper limb from the thorax will pass directly underneath.
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Running forward and medially along the upper border of the pectoralis minor, the superior thoracic artery passes between it and the pectoralis major to the side of the chest.
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The major muscles involved in retraction include the rhomboid major muscle, rhomboid minor muscle and trapezius muscle, whereas the major muscles involved in protraction include the pectoralis minor muscles.
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Treatment of which involves stretching muscles in the front of the torso such as the pectoralis major, pectoralis minor while also strength training muscles in the back of the torso such as the rhomboids.
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The pectoralis minor divides the axillary artery into three parts ( in contrary sequence compared to the nodes )-first part medial, second part deep / posterior, third part lateral in relation to the pectoralis minor.
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The pectoralis minor divides the axillary artery into three parts ( in contrary sequence compared to the nodes )-first part medial, second part deep / posterior, third part lateral in relation to the pectoralis minor.
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When the Pectoralis minor is inserted, as occasionally is the case, into the capsule of the shoulder-joint instead of into the coracoid process, it passes between these two bands, and the intervening portion of the ligament is then deficient.
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When the pectoralis minor is inserted, as occasionally is the case, into the capsule of the shoulder-joint instead of into the coracoid process, it passes between these two bands, and the intervening portion of the ligament is then deficient.
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It originates from the axillary artery and follows the lower border of the Pectoralis minor muscle to the side of the chest, supplies the Serratus anterior muscle and the Pectoralis major muscle, and sends branches across the axilla to the axillary lymph nodes and Subscapularis muscle.
