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The primary job of the large intestine is to reabsorb water back into the body. It also forms stools which are then excreted from the body during a bowel movement. Feces contain about 1/3 dead red blood cells, 1/3 dead bacteria, and 1/3 plant fiber. The smell of feces is due mostly to the decomposing food matter and the gases given off by the intestinal bacteria that help you digest your food. Another interesting fact, flatulence gets its odor mostly from two chemicals; methyl mercaptan and hydrogen sulfide, also given off by intestinal bacteria.
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∙ 9y agoThe function of the large intestine is to get rid of solid waste from the human body. The large intestine needs silica to function properly.
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What doe large instestine do?
The large intestines job is to absorb nutrients
What is the function of a large instestine?
The function of the large intestine of a cow is no different from that of a human, horse, pig or tiger: The large intestine reabsorbs liquid from the digesta and prepares the digesta into fecal matter which will be expelled via the anus.
What organ or structure absorbs water and salts from food?
large instestine
What does the large instestine lead to?
The colon leads to the great, outside world.
What is the Digestive tract made of?
The esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large instestine
In which process is fiber absorbed into the large intestine?
it is absorbed in the small intestine before it gets absorbed back into the large instestine.
The organ in the body absorbs more water is large instestine?
large intestine you eat with salt it dissolves a little and the remains go to you large intestine
What does the large instestine do?
It's job is to take most of the water out of what food is left then send it on.
What is the purpose of the cow's large intestine?
The large intestine acts like any other large instestine in any animal: it absorbs excess water from the fecal matter before being expelled through the anus.
What did nurses do in the colonial times?
they cut out instestine's
What is intraluminal pressure?
Pressure insidet the instestine
What are some indigestible waste products found in the large intestine?
cerebral spinal fluid, happens in the small instestine which follows it to the cecum, where the large instestine secretes, roasted insulin by products, where they use enzymes and antacids to break down the food.
