Assertion: large intestine's rectum | /r/HasProperty | empty
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The rectum is normally empty but when a mass movement moves the contents of the sigmoid colon into the rectum, the nerve endings are stimulated.
text: This involves a sudden, uniform peristaltic contraction of smooth muscle of the gut which originates at the transverse colon and rapidly moves formed faeces into the rectum, which is normally empty.
text: The rectum ends in an expanded section called the rectal ampulla, where faeces are stored before being released; the rectum is usually empty since faeces are not normally stored there for long.
text: Several times each day, mass movements push feces into the rectum, which is usually empty.