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The thermometer section is too extensive. I think it should be narrowed down to a sentence or two.

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what does the rectum do?

Well the rectum stores waste thats what it does.

Explanation added.

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Note: this article contains text from the public domain 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy.

Contents 1 diagram 2 Removal of the "Sexual Stimuli" section 3 Etymology 4 Temperature 5 Rectum 6 Humor section

[edit] diagram

The diagram is somewhat frightening. Why don't you change the diagram? Vedant lath 10:11, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of the "Sexual Stimuli" section

I removed the "Sexual Stimuli" section once because it might scare the living jebies off of one.

Giant Blue Anteater

Which explains why the edit was reverted immediately. Richard001 08:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

I disagree with the etymology given for rectum. Its original name was rectum intestinum - which does mean "the straight intestine" - the reason being that in certain animals (those dissected by Galen and followers) it is straight.

[edit] Temperature

'Normal rectal temperature generally ranges from 36 to 38 °C (97.6 to 100.4 °F) and is about 0.5 °C (1 °F) above oral (mouth) temperature [...] On average, the rectal temperature is 0.4 °C (0.7 °F) higher than oral temperature.'

Is this a tautologic redundancy? Wouldn't it be better to have one statement with one 'correct' average value? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.27.249.26 (talk) 22:18, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Rectum

What is the actual length of the rectum from sphincter to end of rectum? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.70.141.45 (talk) 20:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Humor section

I'm removing this:

The rectum is often used as the basis for humorous situations or punchline for jokes. One in particular made famous by Anthony Premus is short & sweet - "Rectum? I nearly killed 'em!"

Enviroboy^Talk_Cs 20:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)