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Yes. Rectum is the location where fecal material waits for ejection from the body. Anus is where it is ejected.

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Q: Is the rectum before the anus in food digestion?
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What rectum store?

the rectum stores undigested food before it is passed out through the anus.


What happens in the anus during digestion?

The anus is the exit hole from the rectum and through which undigested food in the form of feces exits the digestive tract.


What is the next step after digestion of food in the small intestine?

After food is digested in the small intestine, it passes through to the rectum then anus, where the undigested food comes out as waste.


How does digestion take place in mouth to rectum?

The food goes in the mouth. The sh!t sprays violently out the anus. Its the circle... The circle of life!


Through which structures do wastes pass into the rectum?

Food passes through your entire digestive tract before it reaches your rectum. That means that food goes into your esophagus, then your stomach, then your small intestine, and then your large intestine before it reaches your rectum.


What happens to the food when it passes through the rectum?

It will come out of the anus as feces.


What place does the anus go?

The anus is attached or right underneath the rectum, and the anus pushes the food to your bottom or bladder for you to go to the washroom.


What happens when food enters the anus?

You mean the rectum. The rectum is the tube that holds feces until we can expel the feces on the toilet. The anus is merely the name of an opening that has a sphincter of muscular tissue around it to hold the anus closed. By saying feces "enters" the anus, you're meaning that feces is already partway out of the body because the anus does NOT "hold" anything. The rectum does.


What is order of digestion?

the mouth,pharnyx/throat, esophagus,stomach,small intestine,large intestine,rectum,and anus you can include the liver,gallbladder,salivary glands,and pancreas in there but food doesnt pass threw it


What happens to digested food when digestion is completed?

It turns to Bile and is excreted out of your rectum.


Where is the process of food digestion completed?

It ends at the small intestine. From the small intestines, the digested food enters the bloodstream through the intestinal walls, while the undigested food goes into the large intestine and comes out of our body as faeces.


What is a defication?

defication is removal of fecal food through the anus and it is a mechanical digestion