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You may be thinking of the appendix which is often removed in people without obvious negative effects.
Recent studies suggest that the use at one time in the human experience was to aid in our gastrointestinal system functions by holding a reservoir of the "good bacteria" that grew inside the appendix and spread from there into the bowel when needed. These normal intestinal "flora" now sometimes have to be provided through supplements when we lose the supply we have in our bowel from antibiotics that kill these "good bacteria" along with the bad. Probiotic supplemental tablets or liquids are used for this as is the reintroduction of good bacteria from foods that contain some of them, such as yogurt, buttermilk and other foods that are made with live cultures of "good bacteria".
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What part of the body use to get food?
By the large and small intestine. The feces are formed in the large intestine, these are undigested foods.
Are the rectum and anus a part of the large intestine or are they separate organs?
They are part of the large intestine.
What system does the large intestine work?
The large intestine is part of the digestive system.
What system does the large intestine work in?
The large intestine is part of the digestive system.
What is the large intestine system?
digestive
What part of the large intestine is just proximal to the anus?
The rectum is the part of the large intestine just proximal to the anus.
What part of the large intestine does the small intestine empty into?
cecum
Absorption occurs in this part of the intestine?
large intestine (colon)
What part of the body precedes the small intestine?
The large intestine
Differences between large intestine and rectum?
the rectum is part of the large intestine. it holds waste.
What is the part of digestion which follows the small intestine where food that the body cannot use is prepared for elimination?
Large Intestine, otherwise known as the Colon.
Is the cecum is part of the small intestine?
The Cecum is part of the Large Intestine. It is located near the Appendix.
