What is function of the large intestines?

Answer 1

the sigmoid colon mainly absorbes water from the food & clumps the waste together

Answer 2

Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored as feces before being removed by defecation.

Answer 3

They are bigger than the small intestines. And they are vestigial which means that they are not needed in order for the human body to function correctly.
To de-water the feces.

Answer 4

The large intestine is the thick, lower end of the digestive system, containing the appendix, colon and rectum. Its principle function is to reabsorb water and maintains the fluid balance of the body. Certain vitamins are also taken in through the large intestinal wall.

Further down the intestine, in the rectum, faeces are stored as waste before it is eliminated. Another function is to process undigestible material (fibre), which makes up the bulk of the waste products.

The food after digestion is in a liquid form and once it enters the large intestine, the large intestine tends to absorb all the water to give some consistency to the stools. So the main function of large intestine (colon) is absorption of water
Mainly to reduce the water percentage of the bowel content. It does this by absorbing the extra liquids and using them to function - such as fibre and water. Any excess water will be absorbed, or comes out as urine.

Answer 5

The function of the large intestine, also known as the colon, is to absorb water from the remaining indigestible food matter and to channel out the useless waste material from the body.

Answer 6

Your large intestine reabsorbs needed water back into the body from the waste material, and then it expels the waste through the anus.

Answer 7

Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored as feces before being removed by defecation.

Answer 8

Mostly to absorb water