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Definition of Rectal reflex
1. Noun. Normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum.
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Medical Definition of Rectal reflex
1. The entrance of faecal matter into the rectum from the sigmoid colon causes an impulse to defecate. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectal Reflex
Literary usage of Rectal reflex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Nervous Diseases by Irving J. Spear (1916)
"rectal reflex.—The reflex activity of the rectal sphincter is best tested ...
In those cases in which there is an increase in the rectal reflex the attempt ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Here we have an otherwise normal motility of the colon but a decrease of the
rectal reflex resulting in the accumulation of the faeces in large masses ..."
3. Diseases of the Spinal Cord by Byrom Bramwell (1884)
"THE rectal reflex. The mechanism of defalcation is very similar to that of urination.
It must, however, be remembered that the fa.ces are solid or ..."
4. Colon Hygiene: Comprising New and Important Facts Concerning the Physiology by John Harvey Kellogg (1915)
"Loss of rectal reflex The key to the automatic or involuntary act of defecation
is the rectal reflex, ..."
5. Colon Hygiene: Comprising New and Important Facts Concerning the Physiology by John Harvey Kellogg (1915)
"Loss of rectal reflex The key to the automatic or involuntary act of defecation
is the rectal reflex, which is discharged by contact of the feces with the ..."
6. Diseases of the Nervous System by Archibald Church, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"SS Erection reflex center: II—IV. SS Bladder and rectal reflex centers: III.—VSS (The
rectal reflex center is situated below the bladder reflex center. ..."
7. Cloacal Morphology in Its Relation to Genito-urinary and Rectal Diseasesby Benjamin Merrill Ricketts by Benjamin Merrill Ricketts (1916)
"The most familiar rectal reflex and the most neglected one is that of defecation.
Here we have the motor element represented by the contraction and ..."
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