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What happens to the water in the material that is traveling through the large intestine?
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∙ 15y ago
The vast majority of the water that enters the large intestine is absorbed by the lining of the intestine into the circulation. Approximately 2 litres of water enters the large intestine every day. 90-95% of it is absorbed.
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What happens as foods moves through the large intestine?
As the material moves through the large intestine, water and nutrients are absorbed into bloodstream. The remaining material is readied for evacuation from the body.
What happens after food has traveled through the small intestine?
it enters the large intestine
Which intestine contain bacteria that feeds on material passing through?
It is the large intestine. AND you are so welcome
What happens in large intestine?
The large intestine is attached to the posterior to the small intestine and as you maybe already know the small intestine is where food wastes go and bile is secreted into. The large intestine reabsorbs water from the ingested food particles before they enter the rectum and colon for excretion.
What conitans bacteria that fees on material passing through?
large intestine
What happens to the food once it is absorbed into the body in the small intestines?
Nutrients are mostly absorbed in the small intestine and certain kinds of nutrients are absorbed in the large intestine. Most of the water is absorbed in the large intestine as well. Then the rest of the wastes goes through the rectum.can i have short santences about intestines
What happens to indigestible material in the small intestine?
It goes into the large intestine and then into the excetory system
What is the order of food traveling through the digestive system after it is swallowed?
1. Esophagus 2.stomach 3. Small intestine 4.large intestine
What list gives the correct order of food traveling through the digesting system after it is swallowed?
mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus
What enters the large intesten?
Any digested material that was not absorbed through the walls of the small intestine
What happens to food as it passes through the small intestine?
Digestion is completed and absorbed into the bloodstream
What happens to the unabsorbed food in our small intestine?
the unabsorbed food in the small intestine passes through the ileocecal valve to the large intestine where, after the last few nutrients and fluids are reabsorbed, it is defecated.
