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sphincter muscle
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004590
Term info
Label
sphincter muscle
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
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl