What are the lenthes of the humans large and small intestine?

Answer 1

The Small Intestine is made up of three parts, the Duodenum, the Illeum and the Jejunum. The duodenum is the very short first part at which the pancreactit juices are added. The illeum and jejunum arethe tangled mess that sit in the middle of the of the abdomen. The function of the small intestine is partly to continue digestion, as the stomach actually doesnt do all that much, and partly to absorb the usefull substanced from the food. The fact that it is very heavily relied upon for absorption means that its surface area is far more important than its length and this is increased by the presence of folds, Villie (smaller folds on the first that give the lining a velvety appearance) and Microvillie (the fingerlike projections from each cell that makes up the villie. This comination gives the small intestind a surface area rought equivalent to the size of two American football pitches. All that is packed down into just 7 meters (roughly) in the small intestine of a cadaver (substantionly shorter in life due to continuous contractions). The Large Intestine or Colon is made up of 4 parts, the Ascending Colon, the Transverse Colon, the Descending Colon and the Sigmoid Colon. The only function of the colon is to absorb water from the waste product as this is a vital resource. The length of the total colon is much shorter than the small intestine, oddly, at only arounf 2.5-3 meters.