responsible for creating a watertight seal, and therefore provides continence of liquid stool elements.

The puborectalis muscle is one of the pelvic floor muscles. It is skeletal muscle and is therefore under voluntary control. The puborectalis originates on the posterior aspect of the pubic bone, and runs backwards, looping around the bowel.

The point at which the rectum joins the anal canal is known as the anorectal

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