INTRODUCTION RECTUM – STRAIGHT TUBE IN QUADRUPEDS – STRAIGHT IN MAN – IT IS BEND AT ANO-RECTAL JUNCTION BY THE PULL OF THE PUBO-RECTAL SLING OF LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE IT IS DEVOID OF TAENIA COLI, SACCULATIONS, APPENDICES EPIPLOICAE AND MESENTRY. SITUATION - IN PELVIC CAVITY.
COURSE
MEASUREMENTS LENGTH- 12 cm (5 inches) BREADTH- upper part is 4 cm, lower part foms a dilatations is known as AMPULLA.
CURVATURES OR FLEXURES OF THE RECTUM ANTERO- POSTERIOR CURVES LATERAL CURVES ANTERO- POSTERIOR CURVE A.) SACRAL CURVE B.) PERINEAL CURVE
ANTERO- POSTERIOR CURVES
LATERAL CURVES They are 3 in number UPPER CURVE MIDDLE CURVE LOWER CURVE
RELATIONS
PERITONEAL RELATIONS OF RECTUM
GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE RECTUM
ANTERIOR RELATIONS IN MALES
ANTERIOR RELATIONS IN MALES
ANTERIOR RELATIONS IN FEMALES
POSTERIOR RELATIONS
LATERAL RELATIONS
INTERIOR OF THE RECTUM
NERVE SUPPLY
ARTERIAL SUPPLY
VENOUS DRAINAGE
LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE
SUPPORTS OF RECTUM PUBO- RECTAL SLING OF LEVATOR ANI. REFLECTION OF PELVIC FASCIA FASCIAL SHEET OF WALDEYER AND A PART OF LATERAL LIGAMENTS OF RECTUM. ISCHIO- RECTAL PAD OF FAT.