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For your comfort, it is best for you to have both. Small intestine is what absorbes the nutrients and if that's gone, you won't get any nutrition and die. Large intestine is what absorbes the water so that you don't get diarrea. If that's gone, you're feces will mostly be liquid. Also if the colon is gone, the E. coli in the large intestine are gone with it. These bacteria that lives in your colon makes vitamin K which is needed to form a normal blood clot. Without it, and you'll be bleeding forever from a single cut.
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∙ 13y agoNo. If you suffer from Crohn's disease, (certainly 40yrs ago), the normal procedure was to remove portions of the large intestine when it got ulcerated and blocked. This led to people having colostomy/illeostomy bags and the like. They were left with little more than a small piece of intestine poking through the skin in the abdomen region and liquids coming out, (solids - "ish" for a colostomy) into a bag that is on the outside of the body.
That probably sounds horrible but, believe me, I'd rather have the stoma, (small piece of...etc), than be dead!
There are many websites that can answer these questions and show you how to cope if this happens to you. The, IA, (Illeostomy Association) has information and a wonderful network of people.
To put it simply though, you don't need a large intestine to live - but it's nice to have it.
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∙ 13y agoYes.
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Why do you need a large intestine?
we need a large intestine to travel to the rectum and the to the anus!
Why do you need your small intestine and large intestine?
for everything
What organs need minerals and how is it digested?
the small intestine and large intestine.
What intestine absorbs water into bloodstream?
Colon and Large Intestine =)
Do dogs have large and small intestines?
They have a small intestine because dogs are carnivores (they only eat meat). An animal with a large intestine digests fibre as well, which a dog does not eat, and therefore does not need a large intestine!
What organs do you need to stay alive?
You need: YOUR HEART, LUNGS, SMALL INTESTINE, LARGE INTESTINE, GULL BLADDER and SOME MORE!
Why does large intestine is large?
The large intestine has that name because its diameter is larger than that of the small intestine. The small intestine is actually longer than the large intestine.
Why is the large intestine called the large intestine when it is shorter than the small intestine?
The diameter of the large intestine is greater than that of the small intestine.
Most intestinal absorption occurs in the?
small intestine, and water absorption occurs in the colon/large intestine
What medical term is the widest division of the large intestine?
The cecum is the widest division of the large intestine. It is located at the beginning of the large intestine, where the small intestine meets the large intestine.
Which is longer the smaller intestine or the large intestine?
The small intestine is considerably longer than the large intestine, but the large intestine is wider in diameter, from which it derives its name. Yes. It is smaller in diameter than the large intestine but much longer. The small intestine is longer than the large intestine but it is called small intestine because its diameter is smaller than that of the large intestine.
What is longer the esophagus or large intestine?
The large intestine
