The names are based on their girth or thickness/width; the long intestine is much wider than the small intestine.
the large intestine is much wide as compared to the small intestine, so i think it is not based on its length but the thickness. plus the large intestine leads to the anus and is less convoluted as the small intestine.
About 6 Meters long
The large intestine is about 1.5 meters, or 4.9 feet in length.
The large intestine is 1.5 meters (or about 5 feet) long.
The small intestine is approximatly 22 meters and the large intestine is about 4 meters.
The small intestine is a convoluted tube, extending from the pylorus to the colic valve, where it ends in the large intestine and is 7 meters long and The large intestine extends from the end of the ileum to the anus. It is about 1.5 meters long http://www.bartleby.com/107/248.html
if you combine the large and small intestine together and lay them down flat there as long as a football field
The small intestine is about 5 meters long; this provides a large surface area for the absorption of nutrients
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the large intestine is 1.5 meters long, while the small intestine can be from 4-7 meters long. Though it is called the small intestine, it is actually the longest part of the digestive tract.
The average adult human large intestine is about five feet, or 1 1/2 meters, in length. The average small intestine in an adult is approximately 20 (6 meters) feet in length.
Colon and Large Intestine =)
The small intestine in adults is a long and narrow tube about 7 meters (23 feet) long. The large intestine is wider in diameterbut is only about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long."