who comes up with these names??

Question

why is a sphincter muscle called that, who picks out the names, because this one even sounds dirty, say it with me, sphincter, why don't they call it something a little more polite such as a pillow, or a chuck norris?? i would feel much better!!

hahaha prune!!

Answer 1

Yeah, or they could call it a prune with a hole in it.

Answer 2

Dude, the word sphincter was not considered dirty when the muscle was named. People took a word that was clean, and made it dirty.