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  2. Torso - Wikipedia

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    The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including human beings), from which the head, neck, ...

  3. Body shape - Wikipedia

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    V shape: Males tend to have proportionally smaller buttocks, bigger chests and wider shoulders, wider latissimus dorsi and a small waist which makes for a V-shape of the torso. Hourglass shape: The female body is significantly narrower in the waist both in front view and profile view.

  4. Human body - Wikipedia

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    Human anatomy is the study of the shape and form of the human body. The human body has four limbs (two arms and two legs), a head and a neck, which connect to the torso. The body's shape is determined by a strong skeleton made of bone and cartilage, surrounded by fat (adipose tissue), muscle, connective tissue, organs, and

  5. The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

  6. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Leg-to-body ratio is seen as indicator of physical attractiveness but there appears to be no accepted definition of leg-length: the 'perineum to floor' measure [e] is the most used but arguably the distance from ankle bone to outer hip bone is more rigorous. [12]

  7. Core (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The core or trunk is the axial (central) part of an organism's body. In common parlance, the term is broadly considered to be synonymous with the torso, but academically it also includes the head and neck. Functional movements are highly dependent on this part of the body, and lack of core muscular development can result in a predisposition to ...

  8. Female body shape - Wikipedia

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    Female body shape or female figure is the cumulative product of a woman's bone structure along with the distribution of muscle and fat on the body. Female figures are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips .

  9. Artistic canons of body proportions - Wikipedia

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    In the system recommended by Andrew Loomis, an idealized human body is eight heads tall, the torso being three heads and the legs another four; a more realistically proportioned body, he claims, is closer to seven-and-a-half heads tall, the difference being in the length of the legs. He additionally recommends head-based proportions for ...