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 ]
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Term information
database
cross reference
- NCIT:C28381
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphincter
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1409894
- FMA:75004
- UMLS:C1409894 (ncithesaurus:Sphincter)
definition
- 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.
external ontology notes
- FMA class is not a subtype of muscle
has exact synonym
- sphincter
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- circular muscle
id
- UBERON:0004590
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