"Pectoralis Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles that make up the upper and fore part of the chest in front of the AXILLA.
| Descriptor ID |
D010369
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.775
|
| Concept/Terms |
Pectoralis Muscles- Pectoralis Muscles
- Muscle, Pectoralis
- Muscles, Pectoralis
- Pectoralis Muscle
- Pectoral Muscle
- Muscle, Pectoral
- Muscles, Pectoral
- Pectoral Muscles
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pectoralis Muscles".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pectoralis Muscles".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pectoralis Muscles" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pectoralis Muscles" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pectoralis Muscles" by people in Profiles.
-
Novel Diagnostic and Treatment Techniques for Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2023 Jun 01; 27(2):100-114.
-
Longitudinal Association Between Muscle Loss and Mortality in Ever Smokers. Chest. 2022 04; 161(4):960-970.
-
Should Obesity Be Considered a Contraindication for Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 03; 145(3):619-627.
-
Ultrasound Visualization of Torsional Anatomic Changes From External Rotation of the Anterior Shoulder. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2019 May/Jun; 43(3):519-523.
-
Pectoralis muscle area and mortality in smokers without airflow obstruction. Respir Res. 2018 04 10; 19(1):62.
-
Reply: The Split Pectoralis Flap: Combining the Benefits of Pectoralis Major Advancement and Turnover Techniques in One Flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 01; 141(1):192e.
-
Reply: The Split Pectoralis Flap: Combining the Benefits of Pectoralis Major Advancement and Turnover Techniques in One Flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 01; 141(1):193e-194e.
-
The Split Pectoralis Flap: Combining the Benefits of Pectoralis Major Advancement and Turnover Techniques in One Flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Jun; 139(6):1474-1477.
-
Determinants of pre-transplantation pectoralis muscle area (PMA) and post-transplantation change in PMA in lung transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2017 03; 31(3).
-
Microsurgical reconstruction of combined tracheal and total esophageal defects. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Nov; 150(5):1261-6.