Anatom3DRectum & anal canal
Rectum et canalis analis · Konečník a řitní kanál
Digestive system
Looks like
The last 15 cm of bowel, a stretchy store ending at the anal ring.
What it does
Holds stool and signals when it is time.
Keeping it well
Fibre and water, no long straining, go when you feel the urge. Bleeding needs checking rather than assuming piles.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Anal cancer
- Anal fissure & fistula
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Chronic constipation
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clotting disorders (thrombophilia & APS)
- Colon polyps
- Colorectal cancer
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Faecal incontinence
- Haemorrhoids
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Obstructed labour and obstetric fistula
- Rectal prolapse
- Ulcerative colitis
- Varicose veins