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The heart is deep to the pectoralis major. That muscle is superficial to the heart.

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Is the heart deep or superficial to the pectoralis major?

The heart is deep to the pectoralis major. The pectoralis major is superficial to the heart.


What is the superficial muscle of the chest?

major pectoralis


Which muscles are your chest muscles?

The Pectoralis Major (large superficial) and Pectoralis Minor


Is the heart deep to the pectoralis major muscle?

Yes it is


What is a muscle located on the chest wall?

Pectoralis major


Is a pectoralis major muscle a heart muscle?

No, it is not. It is the large chest muscle.


What muscles attach the arm to the thorax a pectoralis major and teres major b supraspinatus and latissimus dorsi c pectoralis minor and pectoralis major d latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major?

pectoralis major and pectoralis minor


What is the scientific name of the chest muscle?

On each side of the anterior of the thorax you have a superficial pectoralis major and a slightly deeper pectoralis minor. There are also the muscles between the ribs called the intercostals, (external, internal and innermost)


Where is the perctoralis muscle?

there are two muscles with pectoralis in their name, Pectoralis Major and Pectoralis Minor. Pectoralis Major is the main muscle of the chest and pectoralis minor is deep to it (so you can't feel it because pectoralis major completely covers it)


Are the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor antagonistic?

No they are not


What class lever is the pectoralis major?

The pectoralis major is a third class lever.


Is there a muscle deep to pectoralis major?

Pectoralis minor.