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The main purpose is to take water back in from the digestive process. Some vitamins are also absorbed through this process.
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What intestine absorbs water into bloodstream?
Colon and Large Intestine =)
What is a sentence for intestine?
Your small intestine has been ruptured.The seer used the intestine of the goat to predict the future.
What are all of the organs used in digestion?
mouth - saliva stomach small intestine large intestine
Why does large intestine is large?
The large intestine has that name because its diameter is larger than that of the small intestine. The small intestine is actually longer than the large intestine.
Why is the large intestine called the large intestine when it is shorter than the small intestine?
The diameter of the large intestine is greater than that of the small intestine.
Most intestinal absorption occurs in the?
small intestine, and water absorption occurs in the colon/large intestine
What medical term is the widest division of the large intestine?
The cecum is the widest division of the large intestine. It is located at the beginning of the large intestine, where the small intestine meets the large intestine.
Where do the waste and food that are not adsorbed in the small intestine pass?
Through the large intestine. Whatever is not used there is excreted.
Do Laxatives increase peristaltic activity in large intestine and are used to induce defecation?
Laxatives increase peristaltic activity in the large intestine to induce defecation
Which is longer the smaller intestine or the large intestine?
The small intestine is considerably longer than the large intestine, but the large intestine is wider in diameter, from which it derives its name. Yes. It is smaller in diameter than the large intestine but much longer. The small intestine is longer than the large intestine but it is called small intestine because its diameter is smaller than that of the large intestine.
What is longer the esophagus or large intestine?
The large intestine
What is located in the large intestine?
What is located in the large intestine?
