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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 the outside opening of the rectum?
anus
What closes off the opening of the rectum?
There are two sphincter muscles that "close" the rectum.
What closes off the opening to the rectum?
anal sphincter
How heavy is a rectum?
The rectum is the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus. The rectum itself is an opening, and a specific mass would be hard to calculate and rather small.
What is the terminal end of the large intestine?
The naturally occurring opening at the terminal end of the large intestine is the anus.
What opening at the end of the digestive tract in which solid wastes are eliminates.?
it is the rectum;)
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.
Where does the rectum terminate?
The rectum, that final (generally) straight length of the large intestine, ends at the anal opening or anus. A link is provided below.
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 a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine?
That should be the rectum.
What is the name of pelvic colon?
Rectum
