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What is the 5-7 foot long muscular tube that connects the small intestine to the rectum?
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∙ 9y ago
The large intestine connects the small intestine to the rectum. While it's shorter than the small intestine, it is wider, and so it is called "large."
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What part of the large intestine connects to the anus?
The small intestine connects your stomach to your colon (also called large intestine), and your colon then attaches to your rectum and finally to your anus.
How does the immune system tie in with the small intestine?
The small intestine hold bacteria From the you eat and exiles it through the large intestine, rectum, and anus. The small intestine hold bacteria From the you eat and exiles it through the large intestine, rectum, and anus. The small intestine hold bacteria From the you eat and exiles it through the large intestine, rectum, and anus.
Is the anus the end of large intestine?
The correct order is stomach to small intestines, to large intestines to sigmoid colon to rectum to anus.
Through which structures do wastes pass into the rectum?
Food passes through your entire digestive tract before it reaches your rectum. That means that food goes into your esophagus, then your stomach, then your small intestine, and then your large intestine before it reaches your rectum.
How is a small intestine attached surgically to rectum?
The small intestine is usually attached to the large intestine and that is attached to the rectum. If the large intestine is so damaged or diseased that it must be completely removed, the surgeon may attach the small intestine to the rectum using sutures that eventually dissolve. The loss of the large intestine is a serious matter and may result in an iliostomy (connecting the end of the small intestine to an abdominal hole, or stoma, to which an external bag is attached) rather than to the rectum.
What is a small tube off the large intestine?
Pancreas is a small tube off the large intestine !!
What part of the small intestines connects to the small intestine?
the duodenum (the first 25cm of the small intestine)
What is the smallest part of the digestive system?
Large intestine.
Does the stomach connect to the small intestine?
Yes, the stomach connects to the small intestine. Thru the pyloric sphincter to the duodenum (1st part of s intestine)
What part of the small intestine connects to the stomach mostly for chemical digestion takes place?
The duodenum is the part of the small intestine that connects to the stomach. The food moves through the pylorus from the stomach to the small intestine.
What is connects the small and large intestine?
bladder
What does the small intestine connect from and to?
The small intestine connects the stomach and the large intestine. It is the site of completion of digestion and most absorption.
