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The fascia seperating rectum from coccyx is called

A
Scarpa's fascia
B
Waldeyer's fascia
C
Denonvillier's fascia
D
Colle's fascia
High-Yield Explanation
The lower third of the rectum is separated by a fascial condensation - Denonvilliers' fascia - from the prostate/vagina in front, and behind by another fascial layer - Waldeyer's fascia - from the coccyx and lower two sacral veebrae (Table 68.1). These fascial layers are surgically impoant as they are a barrier to malignant invasion . Ref: Bailey & Love&;s Sho Practice of Surgery,E25,Page-1219

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