The Cheeks (Latin: malar) are the fleshy area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear, the skin being suspended by the chin and the jaws, and forming the lateral wall of the human mouth. In the animal kingdom, markings on the cheek area, particularly immediately beneath the eye, can serve as important distinguishing features amongst different species.

• Cheek piercing is a rare form of body piercing. "Buccal" means relating to the cheek.

The word is also used

• metaphorically as a euphemism for either of the two buttocks, also denoted as either a left or right cheek.
• to describe a dog resulting from the breeding of a Chihuahua and a Pekingese. This is a not a pure breed, but a mixed breed.
• as a declaration of impertinence. (cheeky)

Head and neck

=Family name=

The word Cheek is also an old family surname from Anglo-Saxon England that predates the Norman invasion. The Cheek family was among the first to immigrate to the US colonies in the early 17th century.

The family crest is a white shield with three red crescents.

Some prominent members of the Cheek family:

• Michael Case Cheek, Rear Admiral, USN (aboard the USS Missouri for the Japanese Surrender in WWII)
• James Richard Cheek, U.S. Ambassador
• Joey Cheek, Olympic Gold Medal speedskater
• Joel Owsley Cheek, Maxwell House Coffee founder
• Sir John Cheke, 16th century tutor to King Edward VI, (and immortalized in a poem by Paradise Lost author, John Milton)
• Brig. General William Cheek Smartt (Rev. War and War of 1812 soldier, and signer of the 1835 Tennessee State Constitution)
• Sonara Smart Dodd, Founder of Father's Day, (daughter of Ellen Victoria Cheek-Smart)
• Catherine Ann Cheek-Ellington, First Lady of Tennessee (during the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King)

External links

• http://cheekfamilychronicles.homestead.com/CheekFamilyChronicles.html

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