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MeSH Heading: Buttocks
Tree Number(s): A01.378.610.100
Unique ID: D002081
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002081
Annotation: usually NIM as site
Scope Note: Either of two fleshy protuberances at the lower posterior section of the trunk or HIP in humans and primate on which a person or animal sits, consisting of gluteal MUSCLES and fat.
Entry Term(s): Gluteal Region
NLM Classification #: WE 850
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

embryology (EM)

growth & development (GD)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

virology (VI)

Buttocks MeSH Descriptor Data 2025