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The anus only refers to the anal opening. There is a sphincter that keeps the anus closed. The canal is the rectum, a tube-like structure that holds feces or bowel movements until a person visits the bathroom.
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What is the anus also called?
The anal canal
Does the anal canal have muscles?
The anal canal has a ring of muscle, called the anal sphincter
What is the lower portion of the large intestine called?
anal canal
What is the function of the Anal Canal?
The anal canal serves to transmit and lubricate stool as it passes externally from the rectum
What portion of the large intestine becomes the anal canal?
The rectum, the final portion of the large intestine, becomes the anal canal.
What is anoscopy?
An anoscopy is an examination using a small, rigid instrument called an anoscope, which is inserted into the anal canal.
What is the medical term meaning visual examination of the rectum and anal canal is?
Anoscopy is the visual examination of the anal canal and lower rectum.Anoscopyits actually proctoscopy
Which is the voluntary sphincter of the anal canal?
Assholicus Maximus & Buttockical Minimus
What is the lower portion of the large intestine?
anal canal
What is the function of the anal cannal?
The function of the anal canal is to transmit and lubricate stool as it bypasses externally from the rectum.
What is cascinoma cell squamous?
Approximately half of anal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas, which arise from the cells lining the anal margin and the anal canal.
The final portion just before anal canal?
Rectum.
