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The main job of the large intestine is to absorb water.

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What is the large intestines main job?

the main job of the large intestine is to suck nutrients.


What doe large instestine do?

The large intestines job is to absorb nutrients


What is the organ primarily involved in water absorbstion and feces formation?

The intestines, but water reabsorption occurs mostly in the lower small intestines. Feces formation along with some more fluid absorption occurs in the colon of the large intestines. But the large intestines' primary job is to compact liquid waste into solid waste.


What is the job of the small and large intestines in the digestive system?

Small-- digest food and send the nutrients to the body, the wastes to the anus. Large-- absorb excess water.


How does the large intestine control digestion?

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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What is the job the large intestines?

The large intestine filters the leftover food that could not be absorbed into your small intestine.


What job do intestines have?

they help to digest your food and to "push out" your poop. These intestines are very very important.


What job does the large intestines do for the human body?

The main job of the large intestine is to eliminate solid waste matter in the form of feces. The other important jobs that it does are: reabsorption of water and minerals (electrolytes) and some vitamins.


What is the small intestines job?

The job of the small intestine is to absorb nutrients from food and send it to the large intestine which dries up excess water.


What is part of the undigested waste of the large intestine?

The large intestines job is to compress materials. The undigested food and waste products are compressed in the large intestine before evacuation.


What parts of the small intestines are specially shaped to help the intestine do its job?

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