Sylvester Stallone

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.

American Actor

John Cena

I had reconstructive pectoral surgery, I had a cervical neck fusion and a scope, and the scope was the toughest.

Jeremy Wade

I've been stabbed by a catfish. They've got quite sharp spines on their pectoral fins.

Often used in fitness to describe workouts targeting the chest area.

Gym Vocabulary

Pectoral refers to the chest for all genders, not exclusively males.

Not Gender Specific

Used in anatomy and zoology for structures relating to the chest.

Biological Context

Specifies the chest muscles, important in bodybuilding and strength training.

Muscular Focus

Helps identify exercises like push-ups or bench presses that target this muscle group.

Exercise Specificity

Linked to historical armory, might come across in historical texts or museums.

Armor History

In historical contexts, suggests status or rank, particularly in military history.

Cultural Symbolism

Associated with ancient artifacts, might be used in historical or archaeological discussions.

Ancient Jewelry

Often had religious or ceremonial importance in ancient cultures.

Ceremonial Significance

 I sort of wrestled with the notion of how do you make a picture of a dead shark that will resonate with readers You know, I think there's still a lot of people out there who think the only good shark is a dead shark. But this one morning I jumped in and found this thresher that had just recently died in the gill net. And with its huge pectoral fins and eyes still very visible,

Brian Skerry reveals...

 and I was just blown away. I saw these three spinner dolphins that were just adorned with leaves. They were playing with these leaves. One on its dorsal, tail and pectoral. And light levels were very low, so I, sort of, boosted the ISO and was able to make this picture of them playing catch. Well, one of the other things that I wanted to focus on

Dolphins: Even Smarter...

 pectoral flippers contain the same skeletal elements found in the fore limbs of land mammals they're comical stubbornness doesn't just make them great scratching aids but allows the flippers to conform to their bodies significantly reducing underwater drag powerful webbed hind flippers propel and

Sleepy Harbour Seals and...

 being out of the water for so long if you look at their little pelvic and pectoral fins it really does look like they're walking maybe waddling is the right term either way fish out of water typically doesn't describe something good but for these sharks it's pretty much a real life superpower

Seven Superpowered...

 and generate most of its motion. Some muscles are familiar to us, like the pectorals and the biceps. Others may be less so, like the buccinator, a muscle that attaches your cheek to your teeth, or the body's tiniest skeletal muscle, a one-millimeter-long tissue fragment called the stapedius

How your muscular system...

 shows them to water as deep as we're in now so that he can't get ahold of her fins which is a vital first step don't win the right male shows up she allows him to push her to slightly deeper water to mate the male can get hold of that valuable pectoral fin because they don't

Sharks in Love PIPE...

 animal? He put his pectoral fin right under me and he just held it to the surface of the water like this. Just like this and I just laid on it and I hugged it. I held onto him like this and I hugged it and I laid there forever. I just laid there and he didn't move either.

A whale saved my life PIPE...

 nurturing caring animals that are very complex when you look at this tree historic serpentine appearance of a leopard suit they're designed for speed they've got these long pectoral flippers that when they're on a chase of a

Leopard Seals Play and...

 pectoral fin on the water this is called Peck slapping which may be for communication humpbacks also display other fascinating behaviors like this tail slap otherwise known as the lob tailing the sled may

Whale of a Meal PIPE...

 my sweaty feet my pectoral my stomach my five my man fling my knee and I try to dance