musculus sphincter ani

Questions about musculus sphincter ani

What does musculus sphincter ani mean?

musculus sphincter ani means "the sphincter muscle of the anus".

What is another word for musculus sphincter ani?

Close synonyms include anal sphincter, sphincter ani. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is musculus sphincter ani a common word?

musculus sphincter ani is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.