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The rectum is approximately 15 cm long and is divided into upper, middle, and lower thirds based on the distance from the anal verge. The arterial supply to the rectum comes from the superior, middle, and inferior rectal arteries, which are branches of the inferior mesenteric artery.
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Bazan, J.G., Koong, A.C., Chang, D.T. (2014). Rectal Cancer. In: Lee, N.Y., Riaz, N., Lu, J.J. (eds) Target Volume Delineation for Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2014_979
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