A:The caecum is the organ attached to the large intestine with no known function.
B:The colon is the digestive system’s last means of absorption; any food particles not absorbed at this point harden and become waste.
C:The rectum is the longest and largest part of the large intestine.
D:Sweat is your largest organ and is composed of layers of tissue that cover your entire body and protect it from the environment.

are you at greater risk of cancer redeveloping after having cancerous polyps removed? and are you likely to need chemotherapy afterward?
.. the situation i am wondering about is if two colonoscopies did not get out all of the cancer and surgery is issued to take out a section of the large intestine
there were a lot of polyps and ones too large to remove without surgery

I hear it’s usually common in the newly born and elderly. The large intestine takes over – or devours – the small intestine, and there’s a lot of vomiting and a lack of eating involved. The patient’s skin may pale as well as their eyes. What is this called?
@Gracinda – Oh, thanks! Aha, sorry if saying it devours is incorrect, that’s just how I’ve always thought of it to do.

Which best describes food when it reaches the large intestine?
A. It has been converted to polysaccharides.
B. It has been converted to urine.
C. Most of the nutrients have been removed.
D. It has been broken down into small proteins.

Which statement concerning the large intestine is TRUE? READ ALL CHOICES
C.secretes acidic digestive juices into the lumen to
kill all microbes in the large intestine
D.the defecation reflex is initiated in the
large intestine and involves activation of the nervous system

what’s another term for the large intestine??

also, does the pancreas produce an enzyme that converts nucleic acids to nucleotides?

thanks!

A FOOD MOVES INTO THE LARGE INTESTINE FIRST
B NO DIGESTION TAKES PLACE IN THE LARGE INTESTINE
C FOOD CANNOT REMAIN IN THE LARGE INTESTINE FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR
D THE LARGE INTESTINE IS LONGER THAN THE SMALL INTESTINE

From what I’ve heard in the past, an enema is only capable of cleansing the large intestine, but if enough water is used, is it possible to completely rid the small intestine of everything as well?

The large intestine is about 6.5 centimeter wide but only 1.5 meter long.It is much shorter than the small intestine.Then why is this intestine called a large intestine?

This is a question I have to answer for a biology lab. I know that the small intestine has villi but I don’t understand why the large intestine does not. Wouldn’t villi help it absorb more water?

I have a male adult cat who has been troubled by a horrible illness called Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) I was told by the vet he’d end up with cancer in the colon. Yes, he had chronic colitis, a problem in the large intestine which was causing my pet bleed through the rectum and horrible, nonstop diarrhea. My kitty was getting weary of his suffering and I was getting so, so tired of throwing away bed sheets, cleaning after him every day sometimes 2 times a day. I could not sleep well just thinking of what else I could have possibly found dirty in the house. He never went outside the box, but all that blood, with colon mucose coming out he could not control. My cat got to a point where he could not sit down comfortably, and there was bloody diarrhea in his tail, kitchen counter, tables, furniture etc ALL THE TIME.

I did not want to watch my cat give up and not do anything, so I did some research and finally switched him to a species appropriate diet: cooked or raw meat with bones, organs and probiotics and digestive enzymes. I now am keeping all my cats on the BARF diet, always making sure I get fresh food from animals which were not cured or injected with substances to keep the meat fresh. I also make sure to keep the phosphorus-calcium ratio right, and it’s been a year now since I have not seen signs of IBD. My cat’s stools are formed and healthy. My vet says my cat looks incredibly fine.

So, I just wanted to see how many follow this diet and what you think of it. I am aware of the risks, like toxoplasmosis, but my cat was dying in front of my eyes on Science Diet, Purina, Iams, Prescription foods like Hill’s z/d etc, and many, many more expensive commercial foods and not one helped my poor feline. He was on antibiotics and prednisone all the time and nothing ever worked! So, I learned that cats are obligate carnivores and need to eat other animals to live a better life. I have noticed too many cases of IBD, Diabetes, Obesity, UTI, Kidney Disease, and cancer, all because we’re feeding species inappropriate foods to our precious pets. The number of sick ones keeps increasing, and we are responsible.

Anyone trying out this diet? I’d love to hear some of your experiences.
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Is this an accurate high school level representation of the digestive system path? If you think it needs editing/adding, feel free to give advice.

1. In the mouth there are two types of digestion; chemical and mechanical. Mechanical digestion is the mouth physically breaking the food down by the use of the tongue and teeth. Chemical digestion is the breaking down of food into smaller components with the use of saliva and the salivary glands that produce salivary amylase. The epiglottis is also used in digestion by covering the trachea while it goes down into the esophagus. Thus, preventing food from “going down the wrong pipe.”

2. As the food travels through the esophagus, the smooth muscles help squeeze the food in a downward, wringing, motion into the stomach.

3. Once inside of the stomach, the food gets saturated with acidic juices, Hydrochloric acid specifically, and mixed with the food. This is another example of chemical digestion. The food is simultaneously being churned by the stomach using smooth muscle, creating a pulp. This is another example of mechanical digestion.

4. Now that the food is a pulp, it is able to go into the small intestine. It is here that nutrients begin absorption into the body. The Duodenum is the first part of the small intestine and it neutralizes the acid. Bile, from the gall bladder, and other enzymes are received to aid in the digestion of fat. Other than bile there is mucus that lines the wall of the small intestine to help the food travel. After the duodenum the food travels to the jejunum. There are villi lining the wall of the jejunum that help to absorb the liquids and nutritional contents of the food. After traveling through the jejunum there is the ileum that also has villi, and further digests the food. The food and liquid is broken down further into its nutrients.

5. While the mass travels into the large intestine the nutrients absorbed by the villi continue onto the liver. In the liver the nutrients are filtered to remove any toxins.

6. Now in the large intestine the left-overs start in the caecum where undigested food, water, vitamins, and minerals travel throughout the colon.

7. The material travels from the ascending colon, to the transverse colon, then the descending colon, and finally the sigmoid colon. The material from the large intestine mixes with mucus and bacteria to form feces. Muscular movements from the colon push it towards the rectum.

8. Finally in the rectum the feces from the food you ate become a bowel movement.

please help me. ill give you a list of my symptoms, and you tell me what you think. people with irritable bowels syndrome, people who have had or still have colorectal cancer, or any one who has had any similar symptoms……please help.

Symptoms:

1. on many many occasions, i have had flat stools. it comes and it goes…more often it comes.
2. very rarely, i get some mucus when i wipe.
i get a feeling of incomplete evacuations after having a bowel movement. the feeling of still wanting to go remains for some time after the bowel movement. it subsides with time.
3. i tend to go to the bathroom several times per day.
stool is generally formed (solid), but at times it is lose (not quite diarrhea).
4. a feeling of something in the last part of the large intestine…..rectum. like a presence.
5. sudden rectal pain, and discomfort. the pain is not really intense, but it is discomforting.
6. burning sensation in rectum.
7. constipation. i feel the urge to have a bowel movement, but it is hard to pass any stool.
8. some what more gassy that normal.

most of these symptoms are present at one time. other times, i have one or two of them. also, there has been times, just recently, where i get almost all of them at once.

my biggest fear is colorectal cancer.
my questions to those that have had colorectal cancer and survived, and to those who presently have colorectal cancer are:
1. what were/are your symptoms, and do they match mine?
2. when did you first notice any kind of symptoms, and what were they?
3. how did you manage your life during and after?
4. how were you treated?
did you get a colostomy bag, and how did you deal with it?
5. how is your life now?

im getting a barium enema x-ray on friday. by the way, im a 25 year old hispanic male. am i too young?

give me as much info as you can. i want to be well informed.

I heard that carrot (cabbage) have fibers that could clean my large intestine from wastes that is been stuck their.
Some people say that these colon wastes could add me 5 Ibs to my weight, is that right?
so by that mean if I kept eating carrot, because I heard about carrot in the biology class means that I will clean my colon from waste, hence I will lose weight?
Am I right?

from the stuck inside me that hasn’t been ‘released’.

I thought about laxatives but would they really clean out my colon or large intestine or whatever??

Im a 16yr old female, btw.

Fiber??

If the cells in your large intestine were exposed toa hypertonic Solution, what would happen? What medical condition would result?

You see I’ve been a little constipated for some time. It might be clearing up with the raisin bran and juice. I want my colon to be completely empty. I worry that when I’m no longer constipated, that there will still be feces caked on the walls of my intestines.(constipation being a potentially non-contributing factor to this).
So, can I use an anal douche like a water bottle to clean out my colon(large intestine)? I’m not looking for a total clean just some I guess. Is this possible? Is there any major risk of doing this without a physician? Help.

P.S I won’t execute any actions based of of yahoo!answers. I know I should consult a physician about this, but I’m asking because…. I don’t have the money. I’m curious.

like the food that we ate has digest in our stomach, but it still remain some stomach acid in it. what could happen if the acid get into our small or large intestine or body?

Cite specific differences among histological layers of the stomach, small intestine and large intestine. Consider the following factors:

a. thickness of layers
b. presence of additional sublayers
c. Types of mucosal folds
d. Specific glands present
e. Presence of lacteal system

can anyone help me???

whats the large intestine’s purpose? what does it do?

what is the condition or factor that makes the tapeworm live in the small intestine? why it cant live in the large intestine?

Or is colon a section of the large intestine?

What wraps around the stomach, small intestine and large intestine?

My mother in law had her large intestine removed 3 weeks ago, as she was ready to go home she started vomiting and there were no bowel sounds. They did a catscan and found more blockage in the small intestine. A kink the dr said. He went back in and fixed it, but saw some "kinks" down in her pelvic area. She has had 17 abdominal surgeries and as you can figure out there was only one dr that would even touch her because of all of the adhesions. We asked him what now and he said that it would take a week or two for her intestines to wake up, in the meantime maybe the kinks would work themselves out. My question is if not then what. We are really concerned and he said that he didn’t want to talk about that right now. We are supposed to stay positive and lead her into thinking that everything will work itself out in a couple of weeks. We just need answers and our dr seems pretty vague. Maybe he doesn’t know, I don’t know. We just care about her a lot and want answers.

i know that the small intestine digests what we eat..but does it absorb the end products too or does the large intestine do that?