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What is the name of the muscular opening at the end of the rectum called where stool is released?
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What is a muscular opening at the end of the rectum through which waste material is eliminated from the body?
No. The muscular opening is the anal sphincter, or simply, 'anus'. The part of the intestine that leads up to the anus is called the rectum. The rectum is more or less just a storage place until the intestine is ready to empty itself through the anus to the outside world.
What is the muscular opening through which wastes are removed from body?
Waste is removed out the the rectum then out of the anus. The sphincter is what controls how much comes out at once. J.w
What do rectum do?
The rectum is the last portion of the large intestine. It stores solid waste until it is released from the body by the opening known as the anus.
Does ulcerative colitis affect the rectum?
Colon or large intestine is a muscular tube attached with rectum through a smaller muscular tube, the cancer which is present in the upper colon is known as colon cancer, and if tumor is present in the lower colon (rectum) then it is called cancer of the rectum or rectal cancer or colorectal cancer.
What is the anus an opening to?
The anus is the opening from the rectum to the outside of the body. The rectum is the final section of the large intestine.
What is a muscular portion at the end of the large intestine?
rectum
What is the name of the opening out of this rectum?
Anus
What is the outside opening of the rectum?
anus
What closes off the opening of the rectum?
There are two sphincter muscles that "close" the rectum.
Why there will be no diverticulosis in the rectum?
because it has a complete muscular layer around it
What is the 5-7 foot long muscular tube that connects the small intestine to the rectum?
The large intestine connects the small intestine to the rectum. While it's shorter than the small intestine, it is wider, and so it is called "large."
What is the passageway of feces?
Fecal matter forms in the intestines, mainly the large intestine. Right before defecation, it is stored in the rectum. Finally, the fecal matter passes out the anus, the muscular opening for passing fecal matter.
