Given the following question and choices:   The initial pressure that initially stimulates defecation reflex will inhibit all of the following EXCEPT Tunica muscularis of the upper half of anal canal Circular muscles of rectum Auerbach’s plexus on the lower half of anal canal Skeletal muscles of the lower half of anal canal The correct answer to this question is circular muscles of rectum. Please explain.

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The initial pressure that initially stimulates defecation reflex will inhibit all of the following EXCEPT
  • Tunica muscularis of the upper half of anal canal
  • Circular muscles of rectum
  • Auerbach’s plexus on the lower half of anal canal
  • Skeletal muscles of the lower half of anal canal

The correct answer to this question is circular muscles of rectum. Please explain.

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