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Q: Are the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor antagonistic?
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Are the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor antagonistic to one another?

No. They are synergists to each other.


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


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)


Is there a muscle deep to pectoralis major?

Pectoralis minor.


Do the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor produce different movements?

Yes. The pectoralis minor moves from the back to the front of the body while pectoralis major moves from the outside to the inside in the front plane of the body.


Which muscle lies deep to the pectoralis major?

pectoralis minor and subclavius muscle.


Which muscles are your chest muscles?

The Pectoralis Major (large superficial) and Pectoralis Minor


A flat thoracic muscle deep to the pectoralis major that acts to draw the scapula inferiorly or to elevate the rib cage?

It's the Pectoralis Minor!


What is the antagonistic muscle of the infraspinatus?

The pectoralis muscle.


Which term describes the thick fan-shaped muscle situated on the anterior chest wall?

Pectoralis major and pectoralis minor


What does the end of the muscle that connects to the sternum connect to?

There are two such muscles on each side of the sternum in the human body: pectoralis major and pectoralis minor.


What pair of opposing muscles control the movements in the upper and lower ends of the bird's wing?

These muscles are the pectoralis major and the pectoralis minor muscles.