2006-10-09 16:53:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
okay i was wondering why some of you gave me answers like 'cut that ---- out!' so i searched it in images... i had no idea what it was!! ! Sorry for whoever's offended. i just need to know the function of it to help study for science...
2006-10-09 17:01:22 · update #1
A sphincter is a circular muscle which normally maintains constriction of a natural body passage or orifice and which relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning. There are at least 42 different sphincters in the human body, some of them microscopic in size.
2006-10-09 16:55:29 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
there are obviously more than the famous ONE. these muscles act as a passage way to the next realm with APPROVAL from the body or conscience. once u die, the approvals go out the window and loosen up...so-to-speak. talk to a funeral director for what happens next....or to a first person account on an accident scene....not pretty.
2006-10-10 00:04:39 · answer #2 · answered by burntvalentine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they help move food along the digestive tract.
2006-10-09 23:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by Sparrowess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allows you to control the time & place of defecation...
2006-10-09 23:55:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allows you to decide where and when you evacuate your bowels. They keep you from pooping your pants.
2006-10-09 23:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunshine has the right answer.
2006-10-10 00:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by organic gardener 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut that s**t out!
2006-10-09 23:57:40 · answer #7 · answered by Ozone 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they exist purely for jokes
2006-10-09 23:54:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋