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Definition of Sphincter muscle
1. Noun. A ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening.
Generic synonyms: Muscle, Musculus
Specialized synonyms: Physiological Sphincter, Anal Sphincter, Musculus Sphincter Ani, Sphincter Ani, Musculus Sphincter Urethrae, Urethral Sphincter, Bladder Sphincter, Musculus Sphincter Vesicae, Musculus Sphincter Ductus Choledochi, Musculus Sphincter Ductus Pancreatici, Musculus Sphincter Pupillae, Pupillary Sphincter, Musculus Sphincter Pylori, Pyloric Sphincter, Pyloric Valve
Medical Definition of Sphincter muscle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphincter Muscle
Literary usage of Sphincter muscle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles ( Darwin (1854)
"8, <5) ; but as in the surrounded by a strong sphincter muscle. The anus opens
genera, in which caudal appendages occur, it opens under owes its dorsal ..."
2. On Rest and Pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and by John Hilton, W. H. A. Jacobson (1879)
"The sphincter muscle contracts towards its own centre, and, as long as the muscle is
... When we divide the sphincter muscle forming the base of the ulcer, ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"Hypertrophy of the pyloric sphincter muscle may have a further significance. ...
The hypertrophied pyloric sphincter muscle would at least appear to be a ..."
4. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1895)
"Hitherto the idea of a special sphincter muscle at the neck of the bladder ...
The former view, namely, that which holds that the sphincter muscle is pulled ..."
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