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WhichOrgan located between the stomach and the large intestine?

The sphincter muscle, or ileocecal valve is located at the junction of the small and large intestine.


What is located in the large intestine?

What is located in the large intestine?


What is the illeocecal valve?

The iliocecal valve is an involuntary smooth muscle sphincter located between the ileum (small intestine) and the secum (portion of large intestine). Its function is to prevent backflow or reflux into the ileum.


Where is the cecum is located?

The cecum is located in the first part of the large intestine. This serves as a connection between the ileum to the ascending colon and a part of the intestine that moves the waste to be excreted.


What structure is found at the junction of the small and large intestine?

The sphincter muscle, or ileocecal valve is located at the junction of the small and large intestine


The structure located between the small and large intestine is the?

Iliocecal valve


Materials enter the large intestine through the what?

Materials enter the large intestine through the ileocecal valve, which is located between the small intestine and the large intestine. It helps regulate the flow of material from the small intestine into the large intestine.


Is the large intestine a muscle?

Yup definately :)


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 the located of the large intestines?

The large intestine is located in the lower abdomen.


Where is the ileum located on the anatomical body?

The ileum is located in the abdomen. It is the final part od the small intestine and is interwtined with the resof it. This is the section that joints to the cecum of the large intestine. The Ileum is not to be confused with the Illium which forms the large winglike part of the pelvis.


Are muscle contractions faster in the large intestine or the small intestine?

small because it has more villi