sphincter muscle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004590
A structure, usually a circular muscle, that normally maintains constriction of a natural body passage or orifice and which relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphincter ]
Synonyms: sphincter
Term info
database cross reference
- NCIT:C28381
- UMLS:C1409894 (ncithesaurus:Sphincter)
- FMA:75004
- Wikipedia:Sphincter
UBPROP 0000012
FMA class is not a subtype of muscle
has related synonym
circular muscle
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0004590
prefLabel
Sphincter muscle
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