Is the rectum a conduit or storage organ?

International Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-197

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   Ali, Yehia Ahmed ^b   Afifi, Rafat ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Defecation; Rectum; Stools

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFECATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; REFLEX; SIGMOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEFECATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

EID: 0030846470     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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