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The loin It's one of the most popular cuts of meat, which corresponds to the dorsal region of the animal, cow, pig, among the most required by the consumer of meats, and is found to sides of the spine, more precisely between the last rib and the ilium and has a muscle or a series of muscles. One of the main reasons why the loin is one of the most consumed cuts is the softness that presents, that is, it is not a hard cut.

It should be noted that in the meat industry, a cut of meat implies the cutting of an animal, already dead, with the mission of using its meat for the consumption nutritional. Now, the designation of the cut will depend on the country in which it is made, since the cuts are not the same in all parts of the world and depend a lot on the traditions from feeding that predominate in each nation.

On the other hand, the word lomo is also used in our language to name that anatomical part of a quadruped animal that is located from its neck to its haunch.

Also, we use the word lomo to refer to the part of the human body that is in the lower and central part of the back.
And in the language colloquial it is usual that we use the word to designate the good body that a man or a woman has. Your cousin has an incredible loin, all women die for him.

Another widespread use of the word is to refer to the Part of book opposite to the cutting of the leaves. It is precisely on the spine of the book in which the basic data of a literary work or text, such as: its title, author, volume number, in those cases that it is a book that corresponds to or integrates a collection, and the Logo of the editorial who edits it.

On the other hand, to the part that opposes the edge of the cutting utensils it is also called lomo.

And in general to the protruding part of anything it is called loin.