On the pathway of the rectosphincteric reflex.
In several rat models, including those with circular and semicircular rectal aganglionosis, the rectosphincteric reflex was examined. The reflex was confirmed to be essentially an intramural one and its route is considered to run mainly in the longitudinal and partly in the oblique directions.
D001003:Anal Canal / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D005724:Ganglia / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012007:Rectum / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*