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The groin is the crease at the junction of the torso with the legs and the adjacent region that includes the external genitals. The human torso Torso is an anatomical term for the greater part of the human body without the head and limbs. ... Leg has multiple meanings: For the limbs of animals that support them above the ground: in the case of the legs of humans, see Human leg; in the case of the legs of horses, see Equine leg; in the case of the legs of crabs, lobsters, and their close relatives... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis...


The term may be used as an euphemism for genitals, since the names of the latter are taboo words in some cultures. A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis... Profanity is a word choice or usage which its audience considers to be offensive. ...


The term may also be used to describe a coastal engineering structure designed to prevent beach erosion and build the beach outward by slowing longshore sediment transport. Often confused with a jetty, but not the same as a jetty. a groin is a long stick(penis) like figue that has canon balls(testes+scrotum) attached to it.


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eMedicine - Groin Injury : Article by Timothy J Rupp (4559 words)
Groin injuries are commonly encountered by physicians and clinicians who treat athletes of all ages at all levels of competition.
Groin injuries are particularly common in activities in which forceful adduction of the hip occurs; examples include skating, ice hockey, swimming, and soccer.
The groin, therefore, includes the following: the lower rectus abdominis musculature, the inguinal region, the symphysis pubis, the upper portions of the adductor muscles of the thigh, and the genitalia and the scrotum.
Yoga Journal : Practice : Ask Our Expert (580 words)
Medically, the groin is the junction between the abdomen and thigh.
Technically, the groin runs along the entire length of the crease, and it's still the groin after the thigh descends and the crease goes away.
Other teachers call this area the "inner groin" and its counterpart near the outer end of the hip crease the "outer groin." In this case, they sometime use the plural "groins" to refer to the inner and outer parts of the groin of the same leg, as in, "lift the inner and outer groins equally."
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