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A wave of peristalsis propel the contents of the large intestine out of anus when you defecate.
Kiera Lakin
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∙ 12y agoNo. The large intestine is part of the digestive system which consists of: the gullet, the stomach, the large and small intestine and the anus. The excretory system consists of: the kidney and the bladder
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∙ 11y agoNo it is not. The large intestine is where solid waste is about to be excreted. I am pretty sure your thinking of the kidneys.
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∙ 11y agoIf you consider normal feces to be solid, then yes.
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∙ 10y agoYes
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How do the large intestines help the small intestines?
Every solid swallowed food, that was not digested by the time it reaches the end of the small intestine; is collected in the large intestine, which gets some water to help it pass through to the colon and out the body.
In the digestive system where are stools formed?
Formed stools are made as the digested food waste travels through your intestines. They take the shape of your bowels and colon through which they pass. As the liquids are absorbed into your body and peristalsis compacts the waste, the shape is formed.
Is faeses held in the intestines?
Yes. In the digestive system, when materials pass into the intestines, nutrients are absorbed by the intestinal walls. All that is left over is held in the intestines as waste to be excreted.
Is feces as solid body waste expelled through the rectum and anus?
Feces are made in the colon/large intestine, then pass through the rectum and then the anus.
Why do people need intestines?
The intestinal track (small and large) are used by the body to absorb the food we eat into our blood stream and then allow us to pass the waste products (the left over and non-digested food.
Why do you need non - starch polysaccharides?
Non Starch Polysaccharides are also known as Fibre. It is needed to make waste pass through our large intestines or colon easier (helps us go to the toilet) and it also prevents constipation.
What is the type of tissue that lines the digestive tract?
Epithelial tissue lines the intestines in the form of the mucosa and submucosa layers. They protect the intestines from the substances that pass through the gastrointestinal system, both food and waste.
Why do people and animals pass both solid and liquid waste?
Because both eat solids and take in fluids
How are fecal stools formed?
Where do the waste and food that are not adsorbed in the small intestine pass?
Through the large intestine. Whatever is not used there is excreted.
What do hamsters pass out as excrement?
Like all animals that eat, hamsters eliminate solid waste, dead bodily tissue and toxins .
Whats the purpose of the large intestine?
The large intestine is part of the digestive system. The main function is to absorb water from the partially digested matter that has come from the stomach. It then will pass on the matter that was not absorbed from the body by way of the anus.
