external anal sphincter

flat plane of skeletal muscle fibers, elliptical in shape and intimately adherent to the skin surrounding the margin of the anus
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external anal sphincter

Summary

external anal sphincter is a solitary muscle organ type[1]. It draws 191 Wikipedia views per month (solitary_muscle_organ_type category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • external anal sphincter's image is recorded as Anorectum.gif[3].
  • external anal sphincter's instance of is recorded as solitary muscle organ type[4].
  • external anal sphincter's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[5].
  • external anal sphincter's subclass of is recorded as superficial perineal muscle[6].
  • external anal sphincter's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[7].
  • external anal sphincter's part of is recorded as muscle of anal triangle[8].
  • external anal sphincter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08mpdl[9].
  • external anal sphincter's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A04.5.04.012[10].
  • external anal sphincter's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[11].
  • external anal sphincter's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 21930[12].
  • external anal sphincter's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/external-anal-sphincter[13].
  • external anal sphincter's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/sphincter-ani-externus[14].
  • external anal sphincter's UBERON ID is recorded as 0001367[15].
  • external anal sphincter's innervated by is recorded as set of inferior anal nerves[16].
  • external anal sphincter's DocCheck Flexikon De ID is recorded as Musculus sphincter ani externus[17].
  • external anal sphincter's TA98 Latin term is recorded as m. sphincter ani externus[18].
  • external anal sphincter's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777399655[19].
  • external anal sphincter's TA2 ID is recorded as 2426[20].
  • external anal sphincter's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2777399655[21].

Why It Matters

external anal sphincter draws 191 Wikipedia views per month (solitary_muscle_organ_type category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . unifr.ch. unifr.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_external-anal-sphincter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{external anal sphincter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/external-anal-sphincter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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