Assertion: rectum | /r/CapableOf | connect to anal canal
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text: It begins in the right lower abdomen where it connects to the ileum at the ileocecal valve, travels up the right side to its first bend underneath the liver at the hepatic flexure, loops down and across to the left upper abdomen where it bends downward at the splenic flexure, travels down the left side to become the sigmoid colon and finally the rectum which connects to the anal canal, and finally the anus and the anal sphincters.
text: The rectum connects with the sigmoid colon at the level of S3, and connects with the anal canal as it passes through the pelvic floor muscles.