Abstract

The rectum is considered the straight part of the bowel although it’s not straight with at least three folds. Sometimes defi ned as the last 12 cm of the large bowel other consider it as the last 15 cm. Surgeons mark it starting at the anorectal ring, anatomist use the dentate line, more consensus and agreements is needed for the rectum as a structure.

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