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external anal sphincter

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001367

The Sphincter ani externus (external anal sphincter) is a flat plane of muscular fibers, elliptical in shape and intimately adherent to the integument surrounding the margin of the anus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphincter_ani_externus_muscle ]

Synonyms: external sphincter ani, musculus sphincter ani externus

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

comment

Some literature reports don't consider the external anal sphincter to be a true sphincter muscle.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Anorectum.gif

has related synonym

sphincter ani externus

id

UBERON:0001367

prefLabel

External anal sphincter

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/2344