Rectum

The rectum is the final portion of the large intestine. It empties stool from the body through the anus.

Review Date: 07/02/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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