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Sphincter
Sphincter Sphinc"ter, n. [NL., fr. ??? to bind tight.] (Anat.)
A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to
close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.
Sphincter
Sphincter Sphinc"ter, a. (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a
sphincter muscle.
Meaning of Sphincters from wikipedia
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particular the
millions of
precapillary sphincters.
Sphincters relax at death,
often releasing fluids and faeces. Each
sphincter is ****ociated with the
lumen (opening)...
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known respectively as the
upper esophageal sphincter and the
lower esophageal sphincter.
These sphincters act to
close the
esophagus when food is not...
- The
urethral sphincters are two
muscles used to
control the exit of
urine in the
urinary bladder through the urethra. The two
muscles are
either the male...
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engineered to make
functional anal
sphincters in lab",
Science Daily.
August 10, 2011.
Retrieved 3 feb 2017 "Anal
Sphincters"
Archived 2018-05-23 at the Wayback...
- The
sphincter of Oddi (also
hepatopancreatic sphincter or Glisson's
sphincter),
abbreviated as SO, is a
muscular valve that in some animals, including...
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debate about the
existence of
precapillary sphincters and metarterioles. In 2020,
precapillary sphincters were
identified as a
mechanism for controlling...
- The
external anal
sphincter (or
sphincter ani externus) is an oval tube of
skeletal muscle fibers. Distally, it is
adherent to the skin
surrounding the...
- Oddi:
functional biliary sphincter of Oddi and
functional pancreatic sphincter of Oddi disorder. The
sphincter of Oddi is a
sphincter muscle, a
circular band...
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Sphincter paralysis is
paralysis of one of the body's many
sphincters,
preventing it from
constricting normally. Case
studies have
shown patients may...
- disease. They
usually occur to the
sides of the
sphincters, and
between the
internal and
external sphincters,
either on the surface, or deeper. They may get...
