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{{Short description|Crack between buttocks}}
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{{Infobox anatomy
|name=Intergluteal cleft
|Latin=crena analis ''or'' crena interglutealis 
|image=Intergluteal cleft.png
|caption=Male
|Image2=Nude Female Buttocks 1.png|Caption2=Female}}

The '''intergluteal cleft''' or just '''gluteal cleft''', also known by a number of synonyms, including '''natal cleft''' and '''cluneal cleft''', is the groove between the [[buttocks]] that runs from just below the [[sacrum]] to the [[perineum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enacademic.com/searchall.php?SWord=intergluteal+cleft&from=xx&to=en&did=medicine&stype=|title=Intergluteal cleft|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> so named because it forms the visible border between the external rounded protrusions of the [[gluteus maximus muscle]]s. Other names are the ''anal cleft'', ''crena analis'', ''crena interglutealis'', and ''rima ani''. Colloquially, the intergluteal cleft is known as ''bum crack'' (UK) or ''butt crack'' (US). The intergluteal cleft is located superior to the [[Human anus|anus]].

There are several disorders that can affect the intergluteal cleft including [[inverse psoriasis]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Andrews' Diseases Of The Skin: Clinical Dermatology|url=https://archive.org/details/andrewsdiseasess00mdwi_659|url-access=limited|last1=James|first1=William D.|last2=Berger|first2=Timothy G.|last3=Elston|first3=Dirk M.|publisher=Saunders|year=2005|edition=Tenth|isbn=978-0-7216-2921-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/andrewsdiseasess00mdwi_659/page/n203 193]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last1=Tosti|first1=Antonella|title=Chapter 11 - Dermatological Diseases|date=1 January 2005|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781416023562500177|work=Nails (Third Edition)|pages=105–121|editor-last=Scher|editor-first=Richard K|place=Edinburgh|publisher=W.B. Saunders|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-141602356-2.50017-7|isbn=978-1-4160-2356-2|access-date=3 November 2020|last2=Piraccini|first2=Bianca M|editor2-last=Tosti|editor2-first=Antonella|editor3-last=Elewski|editor3-first=Boni E|editor4-last=Daniel|editor4-first=C Ralph|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[caudal regression syndrome]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Surgical Correction of Spinopelvic Instability in Children With Caudal Regression Syndrome|year=2019 |doi=10.1177/2192568218779984|pmc=6542167|last1=Vissarionov |first1=Sergei |last2=Schroder |first2=Josh E. |last3=Kokushin |first3=Dmitrii |last4=Murashko |first4=Vladislav |last5=Belianchikov |first5=Sergei |last6=Kaplan |first6=Leon |journal=Global Spine Journal |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=260–265 |pmid=31192092 }}</ref> and [[pilonidal disease]].

==See also==
* [[Anal canal]]
* [[Anatomical terms of location]]
* [[Buttock cleavage]]
* [[Rectum]]
*{{Anl|Thong}}
* {{Anl|Whale tail}}

==References==
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