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sphincter muscle

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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

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database cross reference
UBPROP 0000012

FMA class is not a subtype of muscle

has related synonym

circular muscle

id

UBERON:0004590

prefLabel

Sphincter muscle

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