pectoral muscle

collocation in English

meaningsofpectoralandmuscle

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pectoral
adjective
uk
/ˈpek.tər.əl/us
/ˈpek.tɔːr.əl/
of ...
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muscle
noun
uk
/ˈmʌs.əl/us
/ˈmʌs.əl/
one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to ...
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(Definition ofpectoralandmusclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In patients treated without radiation with implants placed in a submuscular location, the recurrences occur almost always in the subcutaneous tissue anterior to thepectoralmuscleand implant.
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However, he suffered a tornpectoralmuscleand missed the entire 2001 season.
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Mypectoralmuscleis hanging on by a single fiber; literally hanging from the bone.
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However, results later showed that he had torn hispectoralmuscle.
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He was later put on injured reserve with a tornpectoralmuscle.
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The patients other (normal)pectoralmuscle, normal arm and hand are used as controls.
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He tore apectoralmusclein the weight room and was forced to gray shirt his first year of college.
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The dancers stand close, touching upper front outer sides of torsos along outer edge ofpectoralmuscleand ribcage.
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The proximal ends of the original nerves were ligated to prevent them from reinnervating thepectoralmuscle.
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In 2011, a tornpectoralmusclesuffered in round 5 saw him take no further part in the season.
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When touched in a specific region on thepectoralmuscle, the patient would describe where in the phantom limb he felt as being touched.
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Six more electrodes are placed in a horizontal line between the right of the sternum and the left of the leftpectoralmuscle.
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Since then, areas of thepectoralmusclehave been mapped to parts of arm and hand according to patients description of touch sensations he felt.
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As a rookie he was placed on the injured reserve list after he tore apectoralmuscleduring post-minicamp workouts.
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The apex electrode is applied to the left side of the patient, just below and to the left of thepectoralmuscle.
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Anatomical observation of this torso shows a contracted powerful musculature and the left disappeared arm was surely in ascendant position because thepectoralmuscleis raised.
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