Buttocks

Buttocks
Details
Artery	superior gluteal artery, inferior gluteal artery
Nerve	superior gluteal nerve, inferior gluteal nerve, superior cluneal nerves, medial cluneal nerves, inferior cluneal nerves
Identifiers
Laitin	Clunis
MeSH	A01.378.610.100
TA	A01.1.00.033 A01.2.08.002
FMA	76446
Anatomical terminology [eedit on Wikidata]

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.