CONTRICTORES CUNNI
\kˈɒntɹɪktəz kˈʌni], \kˈɒntɹɪktəz kˈʌni], \k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɹ_ɪ_k_t_ə_z k_ˈʌ_n_i]\
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Small muscles which originate beneath the clitoris, descend along the sides of the vagina, and terminate by becoming confounded with the tranversus perinaei and external sphineter ani muscles. Their use is to contract the entrance of the vagina.
By Robley Dunglison
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