puborectalis
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Noun
[edit]puborectalis
- (anatomy) The group of fibers that form a sling for the rectum, forming part of the levator ani.
- 2018 November 30, Alex Blasdel, The Guardian[1]:
- While standing or sitting, the puborectalis helps to keep us continent by cinching our bowel closed.
- 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times[2]:
- To maintain continence, the puborectalis muscle chokes the anal canal. The sling of tissue is supposed to release during defecation. Mine has not been doing that.