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rectum: see intestine intestine, muscular hoselike portion of the gastrointestinal tract extending from the lower end of the stomach (pylorus) to the anal opening. In humans this fairly narrow (about 1 in./2. ..... Click the link for more information. . rectumEnd segment of the large intestine (see digestion) in which feces accumulate just prior to discharge. It is 5–6 in. (13–15 cm) long and lined with mucous membrane. One set of muscles separates it from the anal canal; another shortens it to expel feces. The rectal walls distend as feces enter, which stimulates the urge for defecation. |
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| We wanted Jethro and Ellie Mae on The Beverly Hillbillies, people devouring pig rectums on Fear Factor, cops tasering protesters on YouTube. The rectums of the two Scythians from Berel contained hookworm eggs, the researchers report in the May 6 Lancet. Graphic sinews dovetail and fan back out, producing weirdly cosmic--and unforgivingly vulgar--passages in which concave forms are either rectums or black (or acid-orange) holes. |
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