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The large intestines job is to collect the unwanted food waste from the small intestine. After enough waste enters the large intestine, it is expelled from the body as feces.

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Is the large Intestine a mechanical or a chemical digestion?

As far as I know there is no digestion at all in the large intestine, only absorption.


Why Digestion does not occur in large intestine?

Minor fiber digestion by bacteria goes on in the large intestine, and water is absorbed, but no major lipid/protein/carbohydrate digestion occurs. All of that goes on higher up in the system.


Is the large intestine mechanical digestion or chemical?

The large intestine is mechanical digestion; it absorbs water and is involved in peristalsis. It has nothing to do with enzymes, which is chemical digestion.


Is a large intestine a mechanical digestion?

Chewing is mechanical digestion.


Is the large intestine chemical or mechanical?

The large intestine is mechanical digestion; it absorbs water and is involved in peristalsis. It has nothing to do with enzymes, which is chemical digestion.


How does the intestines contribute to the digestion?

The large intestine, no digestion takes place there. The large intestine passes along the waste product and it exits through the anus.


Where does most chemical digestion take place and nutrients are absorbed into the blood?

chemical digestion takes place in the small intestine large intestine,mouth and stomach. Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine and minerals in the large intestine.


Digestion system how long is the large intestine?

The large intestine is 1.5 meters (or about 5 feet) long.


Does the digestion process begin with the large intestine mouth small intestine or stomach?

The digestion process begins in the mouth.


WHAT IS THE digestion that occurs in the large intestine is caused by?

Bacteria


What are the organs that help in the digestion?

They are the large and small intestine


What does the large intestine have to do with the digestion process?

The large intestine in the human body has to do with the digestion process because it has a job to absorb all the salt and liquid of the food. Hope this helps!

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