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What muscle is located between the small intestine and the large intestine?
Ileocecal valve
WhichOrgan located between the stomach and the large intestine?
The sphincter muscle, or ileocecal valve is located at the junction of the small and large intestine.
Are muscle contractions faster in the large intestine or the small intestine?
small because it has more villi
Which is the only digestive structure with three muscle layers?
Large Intestine
What structure is found at the junction of the small and large intestine?
The sphincter muscle, or ileocecal valve is located at the junction of the small and large intestine
What structures controls the passage of materials from the small intestine to the large intestine?
The iliocecal sphincterThe ileum is the last (and longest) portion of small intestine. It empties into into the cecum (the first part of the "large intestine") at the iliocecal junction. The iliocecal sphincter is a ring of invountary smooth muscle at this junction, controlling the passage of digestive contents from the small intestine to the large intestine.
What is the illeocecal valve?
The iliocecal valve is an involuntary smooth muscle sphincter located between the ileum (small intestine) and the secum (portion of large intestine). Its function is to prevent backflow or reflux into the ileum.
What do the muscles in the small intestine do?
they squeez it through to the large intestine
What intestine absorbs water into bloodstream?
Colon and Large Intestine =)
Is a intestine a involuntary or voluntary muscli?
smooth muscle pushes food through the intestine and smooth muscle is a involuntary muscle
Three bands of smooth muscle on the exterior of the large intestine are?
Teniae coli Teniae coli Teniae coli
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.
