Question

What is the function of rectum?

Answer 1

As being the last part of the digestive tract, the rectum acts as a temporary storage facility for feces / waste material. The food we eat undergoes the process of digestion once we start chewing it in our mouth then it is passed on to stomach, small intestines and finally large intestine, the remaining residue of undigested food with bacteria and the juices from the digestive system enter the rectum in the form of feces. These feces remain in rectum until we proceed with defecation in which through bowel movement they are transferred to anal canal and then outside of the body.

Answer 2

Answer :

Rectum is known as Strong tank of faeces. The last portion of the colon is called the rectum. It excretion or remove Waste Products from our body. It is the part of Excretion.

Excretion can defined as the biological Process in which an organism Remove Waste Product it's body.

The small intestine connects with our stomach to colon and our colon then attaches to us  rectum .

It stores the undigested food which is to be send outside the body with the help of anus.