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You absorb nutrients in the small intestine. Your cecum absorbs water.
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∙ 13y agoIn the small intestine. Villi are small finger like things that cover the inside of the small intestine and absorb most of the nutrients you consume.
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∙ 11y agoWater is primarily resorbed in the large intestine; nutrients (amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals) are primarily absorbed in the small intestine.
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∙ 13y agoThe large intestine.
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∙ 12y agoI believe your stomach.
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Primary region of food and water absorption?
small intestine
Primary region of food and water absorbtion?
small intestine
What is primary absorption?
If your asking about primary absorption in digestion and the absorption of nutrients into the body, then primary absorption is the first (primary) place in the body where nutrients are absorbed. In humans this takes place in the small intestines after the food has been broken down in the stomach and passed on to the small intestine.
How important is the small intestine?
very, it is the primary place for food absorption
The primary organ responsible for absorption of products of digestion?
The primary organ of digestion and absorption of nutrients is the small intestine, especially the duodenum.In general, you could say the stomach breaks down the food, the small intestine digests and absorbs the food, and the large intestine absorbs water.
Why would anyone find the sharpest drop in the amount of undigested food left in large intestine?
Because a large percentage of the volume of undigested food is actually water, and the colon (large intestine) is a primary site of water absorption.
What are the functions of the large and small intestines?
the small intestine is the primary site for the digestion and absorption of food. the large intestine mainly functions to absorb excess water and electrolytes from undigested food particles. --thoughtfulobserver
What are the functions of the small and large intestines?
the small intestine is the primary site for the digestion and absorption of food. the large intestine mainly functions to absorb excess water and electrolytes from undigested food particles. --thoughtfulobserver
What are the function of the small and large intestins?
the small intestine is the primary site for the digestion and absorption of food. the large intestine mainly functions to absorb excess water and electrolytes from undigested food particles. --thoughtfulobserver
What is the organ responsible for food and water absorption?
The small intestine is where most nutrients are absorbed, but the large intestine is responsible for most water absorption
What is done in large intestine?
the absorption of water from absorbed food particles
Function of a large intestine?
Absorption of water and serve as passage to unabsorbed food.
