ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As waste moves through the digestive system, the ____ absorbs water before storing waste in the rectum.
A
Small intestine
B
Stomach
C
Esophagus
D
Large intestine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The large intestine absorbs water and changes the waste from liquid into stool. Peristalsis helps move the stool into your rectum. Rectum. The lower end of your large intestine, the rectum, stores stool until it pushes stool out of your anus during a bowel movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -The role of the ascending colon is to absorb the remaining water and other key nutrients from the indigestible material, solidifying it to form stool.

Detailed explanation-3: -The excretory system removes metabolic wastes from the body. The major organs of excretion are the kidneys, a pair of bean-shaped organs located below the liver. The kidneys filter blood and regulate water balance in the body.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rectum receives stool from the colon, sends signals to the brain if there is stool to be evacuated, and holds stool until evacuation can happen. Anus: The last part of the digestive tract, the anus, consists of pelvic floor muscles and two anal sphincters (internal and external).

Detailed explanation-5: -The large intestine’s main job is to remove water from the undigested matter and form solid waste (poop) to be excreted.

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