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Peristalsis, elves, and magic.
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How fast does food move through the small intestine?
3-4 hrs
What causes food to move through the small intestine?
the peristalis waves makes the undigested food to move.
How do fiber help?
Fibre helps food move through the intestine.
How fast does food move down through the small intestine?
12cm slow
What processes provides the force necessary to move food through the intestine?
it is peristalsis
What materials are not digested move into the what is a what but shorter tube than the smal intestine?
Materials that are not digested move into the large intestine, which is a shorter tube than the small intestine. The large intestine absorbs water and electrolytes from the remaining indigestible food matter and compacts it into feces for elimination.
What happen to the food you have eaten it goes to the stomach?
It is digested by the acids in your stomach and then moved to your small intestine. In the small intestine the broken down food is carried into your bloodstream. The bigger food molecules move to your big intestines where the indigestible food molecules get their water absorbed by the larg intestine. After all that, it comes out as faeces.
How long does it take for food waste to dry out and move through the large intestine?
When I find out I will help!
What process does food move from the small intestine to the blood stream so it can be circulated to the rest of the body?
absorption
What causes the movement of food through the large intestine?
Movement of food through the large intestine is caused by smooth muscle contraction called "peristalsis" the best way to describe this is to imagine how a snake moves its abdominal muscles to move.
Which comes first on the grasshopper the small intestine or large intestine?
Food enters the small intestine first. It enters the duodenum in the small intestine.
Where does undigested food end up?
Well the nutrients that can't be digested and absorbed in the small intestine move on to the large intestine. The water is reabsorbed out of it and then moves down to the colon. When the bowels move the feces are egested via the rectum and anus.
