Men are freaked out after learning what ‘stitch’ running along bottom of scrotum is

If you're a man who has pondered over the intricacies of your anatomy, you might have spotted something which resembles a stitch running along your scrotum.

For some fellas, finding this 'weird line' on their private parts instantly led to a flash of panic - but the good news is, it's perfectly normal.

It's just taken some blokes a lot longer to stumble across it than others, so a lot of people are only learning the purpose of it later on in life.

And if you didn't listen in your science lessons, it's inevitable that finding a seam-like structure which almost resembles a surgical scar would cause some alarm.

But don't worry lads, as you're all in it together.

The so-called stitch which runs along the bottom of your balls, which has been dubbed a 'crotch seam' by some folks, has sparked a lot of conversation online.

A lot of lads were left baffled by the strange line on their scrotum (Getty Stock Image)

It all started when one brave social media user plucked up the courage to ask the internet: "Why do balls have that stitch line in the middle?"

This obviously yielded a host of innuendos, risqué humour and concerns about forgotten medical procedures on penises in the replies, although some people did offer up the real answer.

"It’s actually a zipper pocket and thats where we hide all our feelings," one joked, while another laughed: "I thought you were talking about football or baseball for a second."

What is the 'stitch' on the scrotum?

Thankfully, we're here to put you out of your misery and explain exactly what this stitch - which is known as a 'scrotal raphe' in the medical sphere - really is.

The science behind it is that all humans start their development from the same point in the womb - but the further it progresses, the more distinct each individual becomes.

Everyone starts off as a sperm and an egg, then from there you develop based on your genetics and chromosomes.

Male and female embryos are pretty much indistinguishable until about nine weeks into the pregnancy, at which point they start developing their own personal set of privates.

And the suspicious-looking scar on the bottom of your balls forms during the development of the genitals.

The scrotal raphe forms several weeks after conception (Getty Stock Image)

There is tissue in your private region known as labioscrotal swellings, which develops into different things depending on whether the child has a Y chromosome or not.

Women have XX chromosomes, while men have XY chromosomes.

For females, this tissue turns into the outer labia, whereas if the baby is male then it will fuse together and develop into the scrotum.

All in all, it's pretty fascinating.

According to the Intersex Society of North America, this process usually begins several weeks after conception.

It explains: "For boys with typical development, the fetal testes produce testosterone, and the testosterone causes the urogenital swellings to swell, come together in the middle, and fuse, forming the scrotum and the underside of the penis. The line down the middle, called a 'raphe', is just a reminder of how all humans start out with a common female genital anatomy."

So if you were one of the fellas worrying they were secretly 'two guys sewn into one', you can now put your mind at ease, lads.