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After traveling through the small intestine, food passes into the large intestine (colon). In the large intestine, some of the water and electrolytes (chemicals like sodium) are removed from the food. Many microbes (bacteria like Bacteroides, Lactobacilus, acidophilus, Escherichia coli) in the large intestine help in the digestion process. The first part of the large intestine is called the Cecum (the appendix is connected to the cecum). Food then travels upward through the ascending colon. The food travels across the abdomen in the transverse colon, goes back down the other side of the body in the descending colon, and then through the sigmoid colon where it waits at the rectum to be passed through the anus and expelled.
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∙ 11y agoYou have ascending, transverse, descending and pelvic colon. As waste material of digestion enters valve between ileum and colon, it is almost liquid. About one to two liters of Isotonic fluid enters the colon daily and 90 % of water is absorbed from it. By the time this waste material reaches the colon it is almost solid. Bacteria present in colon forms Vitamin K, Folic acid any other vitamins. They form methane and hydrogen sulfide gas to form flatus. Mucus secreting cells secretes mucus which helps in passage of feces. There is absorption of sodium chloride. Some amount of potassium ions and bicarbonate ions are lost.
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∙ 13y agoThe main thing that occurs in the colon is absorption of water, but some nutrients can also be absorbed there.
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What happens to a molecule off protein during digestion?
Nothing "happens to it" unless something happens to it. In other words, your question is missing the "when" part ("what happens to a molecule of protein WHEN ..."). Even then, it depends on the details; different proteins react in different ways.
The function of the large intestine is to absorb?
The function of the large intestine is to allow for small amount of absorption but mostly for removal of wastes from the body after absorption and digestion in the small intestine. Each section of the large intestine - cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum and anal canal all have specific purposes.
What happens when peristaltic movement in the colon is not working?
When your peristaltic movement in the colon isn't working, you'll feel: constipation, fecal impaction and eventually death.
In what order is protein broken down during digestion?
Polypeptides, peptides, amino acids
What does the ascending colon do in the digestive system?
to store food that will be emptied into the rectumIts function is primarily the absorption of water from fecal matter.
What happens to dietary fiber during the digestion in the body?
It isn't completely digested and makes up the bulk of the feces in the colon.
What happens in the stomach during the digestion?
what orgens resposible for digestion
where does no digestion takes place?
colon
Digestion happens in these what are they?
digestion happens in these
Where do you defecate from?
After all nutrients have been extracted during the digestion process, the remaining waste ("poo") is excreted out of the colon via the rectum.
What is the function of the colon in writing?
To assist in the digestion of harsh vowels.
Is the sigmoid colon an accessory organ of digestion?
No, the sigmoid colon is a part of the large intestine, and feces go through it.
What part of the digestive track reabsorbes the water used in digestion?
The colon.
What is the function of asending colon in digestion?
digesting food and making turds.
What happens during Colon Surgery?
During Colon Surgery your Surgeon will make a cut into your abdomen and take away the part of the colon that has the cancer. He will also take away a small section of the normal part of the colon on either side of the cancer. Then the rest of the pieces of you colon are then reattached. Nearby lymph nodes are taken out and then your Surgeon will close the cut he made earlier.
What is the last place f or your digestion?
The last place for your digestion is your large intestine (also known as your colon) followed by your small intestine.
What happens when intestinal glands secrete intestinal juice?
Intestinal glands are located in the epithelial lining of the small intestine and colon. What happens when the intestinal glands secrete intestinal juice is that trypsin activates other enzymes to aid in protein digestion.
