The Apollo's belt, also known as Adonis belt, or iliac furrows, is a part of the human anatomy referring to the two shallow grooves of the human abdomen running from the iliac crest (hip bone) to the pubis.
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The shape of the grooves are formed by the inguinal ligament.[1] The visibility of the belt is caused by a low body fat percentage, rather than the creation of new muscle.[1]
The term "iliac furrow" does not appear in any of the abstracts indexed by PubMed.[2] It is not a currently defined term in Terminologia Anatomica, though it has been used as a formal anatomical term in the past.[3] The term is, however, encountered in modern art history descriptions.[4][5]
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