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Buttocks

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Buttocks
Details
Arterysuperior gluteal artery, inferior gluteal artery
Nervesuperior gluteal nerve, inferior gluteal nerve, superior cluneal nerves, medial cluneal nerves, inferior cluneal nerves
Identifiers
LaitinClunis
MeSHA01.378.610.100
TAA01.1.00.033
A01.2.08.002
FMA76446
Anatomical terminology

The buttocks (singular: buttock) are twa roonded portions o the anatomy, locatit on the posterior o the pelvic region o apes (includin humans), an mony ither bipeds or quadrupeds, an comprise a layer o fat superimposed on the gluteus maximus an gluteus medius muscles. Physiologically, the buttocks enable wicht tae be taken off the feet while sittin.