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    What Stimulates the Defecation Reflex
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What Stimulates the Defecation Reflex

Question 152

Question 152

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What stimulates the defecation reflex?


A) pressure on the internal anal sphincter
B) peristaltic contraction of the sigmoid colon
C) increase in osmolarity of the rectum
D) distention of the descending colon
E) distention of the rectum

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