xiphihumeralis

Noun

xiphihumeralis (plural xiphihumeralises)

1. A long, flat strip of pectoral muscle comprising a band of parallel fibres, found in felines.
   • The tendon of the xiphihumeralis is also connected with its inner surface near its insertion.1901, Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings, Anatomy of the cat (2nd edition), H. Holt and Company, page 147
   • The xiphihumeralis muscle (M. xiphihumeralis) is the fourth muscle the pectoralis group ^([sic]). It originates from the xiphoid process of the sternum and inserts on the humerus (hence the name xiphihumeralis).2003, Phillip E. Cochran, Laboratory manual for comparative veterinary anatomy and physiology, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 144