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pubis

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The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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(a picture of)a naked woman, although she was covering her pubis with her right hand and her breasts with her left. _ _ _ _ covering yourself up like that is worse than showing everything. José Saramago

Ending at the glans of the clitoris, the tip of the body bends anteriorly away from the pubis. Source: Internet

The adductor brevis originates on the inferior ramus of the pubis below the gracilis and stretches obliquely below the pectineus down to the upper third of the linea aspera. Source: Internet

Platzer (2004), p 240 The adductor longus has its origin at superior ramus of the pubis and inserts medially on the middle third of the linea aspera. Source: Internet

The difference is that the muscles for the crocodilian diaphragm pull the pubis (part of the pelvis, which is movable in crocodilians) back, which brings the liver down, thus freeing space for the lungs to expand. Source: Internet

To avoid contamination of the vulva with fecal bacteria, it is recommended to wash the vulva only from front to back, from mons pubis to the perinum and anus. Source: Internet

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