Valve vs Sphincter - What's the difference?
valve | sphincter |
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
(anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
(British) A vacuum tube.
(botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
(botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
(biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
(biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
To control (flow) by means of a valve.
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(anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening, constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.
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# (in particular) The internal or external anal sphincter, to the extent these are distinguished as two separate entities.
In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between valve and sphincter
is that valve is (anatomy) one or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves while sphincter is (anatomy) a ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening, constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.As nouns the difference between valve and sphincter
is that valve is a device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe while sphincter is (anatomy) a ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening, constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.As a verb valve
is to control (flow) by means of a valve.valve
English
(wikipedia valve)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* exhaust valve * heart valve * vein valve * ileocecal valve * intake valve * non-return valve: see: non-return * safety valve * toggle valve * valved * valveless * valve oil * valvoplastyVerb
(valv)sphincter
English
(wikipedia sphincter)Noun
(en noun)- the sphincter of the bladder
- the iris sphincter in the eye
- She decided that she would force him to climax first by the sheer strength of her young animal control, the strength of her sphincters