You have three main chest muscles: pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, and serratus anterior. You also have a subclavius, which is a smaller accessory muscle involved with breathing. The ...

I’ll explain. The major muscle in your chest is the appropriately-named pectoralis major—which is, literally, Latin for “the major muscle in your chest.” We call these the pecs for short.

Objectives—To compare objective measures of strength and subjective functional outcomes in complete distal pectoralis major tears treated either surgically or non-surgically. Methods—Twenty two ...

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland 2 Department of Accident and Emergency, St Vincent's University Hospital The treatment of pectoralis ...