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The rectum removes food from the large intestine that cannot be digested?
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∙ 14y ago
It is kind of true. It is more accurate to say that the rectum removes food from the large intestine that has already been digested.
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What parts of the large intestine absorbs water?
Some but not much. Nutrient absorption is mostly performed by the small intestine. The large intestine mostly removes water from digested food before it turns into stool and passes into the rectum.
What happens to the fiber in your body?
Fibre cannot be digested as the human body does not have the right chemicals to do so. So fibre is then passed through the large intestine and stored in the rectum and is ejected with the faeces. It also helps to clean the small intestine.
What is the next step after digestion of food in the small intestine?
After food is digested in the small intestine, it passes through to the rectum then anus, where the undigested food comes out as waste.
Where does food passes from the small intestine?
The digested nutrients are absorbed through the intestinal walls
What is digested in the Rectum?
Nothing is digested in the rectum, the rectum is the final storage place for feces before they are excreted.
Is the rectum in which intestine?
The rectum is at the end of the large intestine.
What food types are digested in the rectum?
none... its digested by the time it reaches the rectum
Which bowel is connected to the rectum?
The large intestine does connect to the rectum.
What type of food passes into the large intestine?
By the end of the small intestine, the nutrients have been digested from the food. What remains is waste. The large intestine absorbs excess water and a few vitamins from this waste, and then passes it out of the body via the rectum.
Where does undigested food end up?
Well the nutrients that can't be digested and absorbed in the small intestine move on to the large intestine. The water is reabsorbed out of it and then moves down to the colon. When the bowels move the feces are egested via the rectum and anus.
Differences between large intestine and rectum?
the rectum is part of the large intestine. it holds waste.
What is the terminal end of the large intestine?
The naturally occurring opening at the terminal end of the large intestine is the anus.
