MUSCULUS SPHINCTER ANI INTERNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus sphincter ani internus mean? 

• MUSCULUS SPHINCTER ANI INTERNUS (noun)
  The noun MUSCULUS SPHINCTER ANI INTERNUS has 1 sense:

1. an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum

  Familiarity information: MUSCULUS SPHINCTER ANI INTERNUS used as a noun is very rare.

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• MUSCULUS SPHINCTER ANI INTERNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("musculus sphincter ani internus" is a kind of...):

involuntary muscle; smooth muscle (a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart))

Holonyms ("musculus sphincter ani internus" is a part of...):

anal sphincter; musculus sphincter ani; sphincter ani (the sphincter muscle of the anus)