[
US
/ˈsfɪŋktɝ/
]
[ UK /sfˈɪŋktɐ/ ]
[ UK /sfˈɪŋktɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
How To Use sphincter In A Sentence
- The incision is directed towards the ipsilateral ischial tuberosity, away from the anal sphincter.
- The transgenic array produces a functional GFP fusion protein that is expressed in bodywall, vulval, uterine, spermathecal, and anal sphincter / depressor muscle cells.
- Successful placement of a feeding tube was defined as placement past the pyloric sphincter and in the duodenum.
- During normal voiding the detrusor muscle contracts and the muscles of the urethral sphincter and pelvic floor relax in a co-ordinated fashion to allow the bladder to empty.
- I would say with Hillary the sphincter is a bit too tightly would for true Killer status! "Hillary just seems like Jerry Lee Lewis to me. And McCain just seems like a complete wackjob. And I guess Obama seems to have some sort of sense..."
- Persistent elevation in sphincter tone requires more forceful evacuation of stool, resulting in repeated trauma to the fissure.
- He or she separates the lining of the distal anal canal from the underlying internal sphincter muscle.
- Since the pupillary sphincter is not receiving blood, neither light nor a miotic agent produces miosis.
- The lower oesophageal sphincter pressure was measured as the difference between the sleeve pressure and the fundic pressure.
- As a leader of non-profit I have learned that Starbucks’ sphincter is so tight if they squeezed out a free coffee bean it would come out looking like a diamond. Matthew Yglesias » McDonald’s Or Starbucks