ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the large intestine? The large intestine is the last part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the long, tube-like pathway that food travels through your digestive system. It follows from the small intestine and ends at the anal canal, where food waste leaves your body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Figure 2: The digestive processes are ingestion, propulsion, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption, and defecation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The small intestine has three parts. The first part is called the duodenum. The jejunum is in the middle and the ileum is at the end. The large intestine includes the appendix, cecum, colon, and rectum.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct order in which food passes through alimentary canal is: Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cecum. Ascending colon. Hepatic flexure. Transverse colon. Splenic flexure. Descending colon. Rectosigmoid colon. Rectum.