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Solid waste material remaining in the large intestine after digestion?
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Does saliva get absorbed in the large intestine?
The large intestine absorbs water from the solid wastes remaining after digestion. Some very small percentage of this water certainly came from swallowed saliva.
How does your stomach process?
The stomach breaks down food mechanically and also produces chemicals for digestion. Most of the nutrients broken down in digestion are absorbed by the small intestine In the large intestine, water and minerals are absorbed and waste material is stored. Solid waste is eliminated through the rectum.
Winding organ where food is in a form?
The only winding organ in the digestive system is the small intestine. It is where digestion finishes. Also, most nutrients are absorbed there. The remaining substance then passes to the large intestine, which absorbs much of the water and the minerals before excreting solid waste.
What absorbs excess water from chyme?
Chyme is formed into feces after the digestion process is completed in the large intestine, where with the help of bacteria, the remaining starches and proteins that were not broken down are handled. After most of the water and remaining nutrients are extracted, the chyme is now semi-solid feces.
Is it true that digestion ends in the small intestine?
Yes. Food is digested and absorbed by the body from the mouth to the small intestine. The large intestine and colon collect the undigested material and mix it with enough water to help it slide out of the body easier than if it were a dry solid mass.
Why are feces solid if material entering the intestine is liquidy?
One of the jobs of the large intestine is to remove water. The body can't afford to loose much.
What mean digestion in chemistry?
" Digesting" a solid material in chemistry means to contact the material with a liquid until at least part of the original material is dissolved in the digesting liquid. Heating is often applied to speed the reaction. Thus, biological digestion in humans is a special case of chemical digestion, when solid food particles are mixed with the natural acid solution in the stomach and changed to water soluble materials.
How does the large intestine help conserve water?
The large intestine absorbs water from the undigested food material that passes through it. This process helps to form solid waste (feces) by removing excess water from the material, ultimately conserving water in the body.
What is solid waste from the large intestine called?
Decomposed waste material in the large intestine is known as feces. These are stored in the rectum until they are expelled through the anus.
What is your large intestins?
The purpose of the large intestine is to absorb remaining water from indigestible food matter and then to eject it as solid waste through the anus.
What do you call the last section of the digestive tract that removes water from remaining food waste and stores these feces until they are expelled?
rectum*found in the digestive systemThe large intestine (also known as the colon) holds solid waste before it is expelled from the body.Large intestine....your large intestine
What is eliminating waste?
Is when the materials move through the large intestine, water is absorbed into the bloodstream. The material is then moved from the large intestine into the rectum where waste materials are compressed into a solid and finally eliminated from the body through the anus.
