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the engineering marvel that lets you stand upright and still looks great in jeans
means Either of the two rounded fleshy masses that form the human rump, made of the gluteal muscles and the fat that pads them.
from Old English 'buttuc' meaning the end, ridge, or rounded slope of something — a piece of land could have a buttuc just as a body could. It springs from 'butt,' the thick or blunt end of a thing, plus a diminutive '-uc' suffix, so a buttock was literally a 'little blunt end.' The same 'butt' sense survives in cigarette butts and the butt of a rifle — your backside is in respectable company.
- biggest muscle
- gluteus maximus is the body's largest single muscle
- human exclusive
- big rounded butts are uniquely human anatomy
- walking engine
- powers every step, climb, and standing-up motion
- injection zone
- thick muscle makes it a classic shot target
- fat reserve
- stores fat that fuels brain and survival
for instance
michelangelo's david — renaissance marble statue famous for its anatomically detailed posterior, created 1504 in florence