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The Orbicularis oris muscle is shown as an example on this page; it's articles states, "Orbicularis Oris is a complex of muscles in the lips that encircle the mouth; until recently it was misinterpreted as a sphincter or circular muscle, but it is actually composed of four independent quadrants that interlace and give only an appearance of circularity." (Saladin, "Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function". 5th edition. McGraw Hill. Page 330) Lance808 (talk) 06:22, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
I never knew there were so many sphincters all over a person's body. DyslexicEditor 12:36, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
I gotsta know... What microscopic sphincters?
List of Sphincters edit
With over 60 types, there's a clear need for a List of all of the human Sphincters. Benx45h (talk) 20:44, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Vandalism Alert edit
Watch out for any changes made by 24.93.194.111. Apparantly he has something against Tom Brady and has vandalized several pages. BucsWeb 03:34, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
- Who's Tom Brady? And, what does this guy have against him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RocketMaster (talk • contribs) 18:07, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
WHAT? -CELENE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.175.205.74 (talk) 14:42, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Poopchutes! edit
Can we get a animation or video of a sphincter tightening up and relaxing? Thanks! WaddlingTimy (talk) 04:17, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Use as insult edit
How about a short section on the use of the word "sphincter" as an insult. Such as in the Wayne's World movies? Champaign (talk) 15:00, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Also in an episode of The Big Bang Theory,, in which Leonard calls Sheldon a "yammering sphincter", to which he blithely shows him a map of all the body's known sphincter muscles on his computer screen and asks how many he can identify. The_Iconoclast (talk) 00:20, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Number of sphincters edit
It says that there are 'more than 50' sphincters in the human body, then gives microcapillaries as an example. Shouldn't that be more than 50 *types* of sphincter? There are many millions of capillaries in the body, so 50 *instances* of sphincter cannot be correct. Syd Barrett (talk) 14:39, 23 December 2011 (UTC)