Definition of "puborectalis" [puborectalis]

• The group of fibers that form a sling for the rectum. (noun)

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• "It was 2:30 A.M. Sunday and Ivan, drawing on a clinical question posed in Snell about the correlation between incontinence and inadvertent destruction of the puborectalis muscle during surgery, was once more availing himself of Table 28’s fully hemisectioned pelvis."