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The final five feet of your gastrointestinal tract, your large intestine or colon, has almost no oxygen. By the time food reaches your colon, your body's work of digestion is almost over. The remaining task for your large intestine is to remove the excess water from what's left of your food, or feces, over the next 12 to 24 hours. If the feces stay in the colon any longer, they will become dehydrated and impacted as more water is removed. On the other hand, feces that travel too quickly through the colon as the result of intestine-damaging infections for example, result in loose stools, or diarrhea. The slow pace in your colon makes it an ideal place for microbes to colonize. Your colon contains more than 500 different species of bacteria living in a 3-pound mass of partially digested food, with one trillion organisms per gram of feces. The microbes in this part of your digestive system include Enterococci, Clostridia, and Lactobacilli, but by far the most abundant species are Bacteroides and the oxygen-intolerant, lactic acid-producing Bifidobacterium. Probiotic microbes outnumber potential pathogens like E.coliby as much as ten thousand to one. Bacteria make up about 60% of the weight of your feces, and you excrete your own weight in fecal bacteria every year.
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What intestine absorbs water into bloodstream?
Colon and Large Intestine =)
How are the bacteria in the large intestine help the human body?
Now scientists say that at least 10,000 species of bacteria and other microbes inhabit the human body, a lot of them in the large intestine. They also say that almost everyone - even when they're healthy - has pathogenic microbes (those that can cause disease) inside their body. In healthy people these potentially harmful microbes cause no problems. Most microorganisms in the body are bacteria, but yeasts and viruses are also found in the microbiome.hope this help.. :D
How are bacteria in the large intestine helpful to the human body?
Now scientists say that at least 10,000 species of bacteria and other microbes inhabit the human body, a lot of them in the large intestine. They also say that almost everyone - even when they're healthy - has pathogenic microbes (those that can cause disease) inside their body. In healthy people these potentially harmful microbes cause no problems. Most microorganisms in the body are bacteria, but yeasts and viruses are also found in the microbiome.hope this help.. :D
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.
What is longer the esophagus or large intestine?
The large intestine
Is the large intestine A GLAND?
Is the large intestine A GLAND?
What is located in the large intestine?
What is located in the large intestine?
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.
Where is the major site of vitamin K and B formation by bacteria?
Most synthesized by bacteria in the Large Intestine
