obturator

Speech parts

1. obturator - Noun

2. obturator - Adjective

That which closes or stops an opening.

An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.

Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The obturator externus has a parallel course with its origin located on the posterior border of the obturator foramen. Source: Internet

The inferior and superior gemelli represent marginal heads of the obturator internus and assist this muscle. Source: Internet