Peito
Peitoral maior
Musculus pectoralis major
The large fan-shaped muscle of the chest; central to all pressing movements.
- Função
- Shoulder flexion, adduction, internal rotation and horizontal adduction.
- Origem
- Clavicle, sternum and the upper costal cartilages.
- Inserção
- Lateral lip of the intertubercular groove of the humerus.