pectoral muscle
noun
: any of the muscles which connect the ventral walls of the chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder and of which there are two on each side of the human body
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Thompson started 18 career games but missed most of the season with a torn pectoral muscle.
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Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 5 Dec. 2024
Smith hasn’t played an entire season since 2015, and Moses recently had offseason surgery on his torn pectoral muscle.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
Moses is also 33 and was sidelined for three games last season with a torn pectoral muscle that needed surgery.
—Dennis Waszak Jr., San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Buy Baltimore also traded venerable starting right tackle Morgan Moses to the New York Jets following a season in which the 33-year-old played through a torn pectoral muscle.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 5 Dec. 2024
Smith hasn’t played an entire season since 2015, and Moses recently had offseason surgery on his torn pectoral muscle.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
Moses is also 33 and was sidelined for three games last season with a torn pectoral muscle that needed surgery.
—Dennis Waszak Jr., San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Buy Baltimore also traded venerable starting right tackle Morgan Moses to the New York Jets following a season in which the 33-year-old played through a torn pectoral muscle.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Pectoral muscle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pectoral%20muscle. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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