Muscle Name: Clavicular Head (Upper Chest)

Medical Name:

• Clavicular Head of the Pectoralis Major

Other Names:

• Upper Pectoral
• Upper Chest Muscle

Head:

• Clavicular Head (Part of the Pectoralis Major)

Movement:

• Flexion of the humerus
  • Raising the arm forward
• Horizontal adduction of the shoulder
  • Moving the arm across the body
• Medial rotation of the shoulder
  • Rotating the arm inward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Anterior surface of the medial half of the clavicle
• Insertion:
  • Lateral lip of the bicipital groove of the humerus (also known as the intertubercular sulcus)

Related Muscles:

• Sternal Head of the Pectoralis Major
• Pectoralis Minor
• Anterior Deltoid
• Coracobrachialis
• Biceps Brachii
• Serratus Anterior

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