Rectum

thumb|250px|Rectal bulb syringe to administer smaller enemas.

A suppository is a dosage form used to deliver medications by insertion into a body orifice (any opening in the body), where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects. There are three types of suppositories, each to insert into a different sections: rectal suppositories into the rectum, vaginal suppositories into the vagina, and urethral suppositories into the urethra of a male.

medical assessment or diagnostic procedure

In gynecology, a rectocele ( ) or posterior vaginal wall prolapse results when the rectum bulges (herniates) into the vagina. Two common causes of this defect are childbirth and hysterectomy. Rectocele also tends to occur with other forms of pelvic organ prolapse, such as enterocele, sigmoidocele and cystocele.

way of administering drugs into the rectum to be absorbed by the rectum's blood vessels

fistula or abnormal connection between the rectum and the vagina

large bodies found in the rectum in medical context

Paraproctitis is a purulent inflammation of the cellular tissues surrounding the rectum.

insufflation of tobacco smoke into the rectum

artery supplying blood to the rectum

blood vessel network

injection of ethyl alcohol into the rectum for absorption