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 The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates. The abdomen is the front part of the abdominal segment of the torso. ...

running from the iliac crest (hip bone) to the pubis. The shape of the grooves are formed by the

inguinal ligament The inguinal ligament (), also known as Poupart's ligament or groin ligament, is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superior iliac spine. It forms the base of the inguinal canal through which an indirect inguinal hernia may dev ...

. The visibility of the belt is caused by a low

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, rather than the creation of new muscle. The term "iliac furrow" does not appear in any of the abstracts indexed by

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. It is not a currently defined term in ''

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'', though it has been used as a formal anatomical term in the past. The term is, however, encountered in modern

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descriptions.

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