HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -The large intestine’s main job is to remove water from the undigested matter and form solid waste (poop) to be excreted. The large intestine has three parts: The cecum (pronounced: SEE-kum) is the beginning of the large intestine. The appendix, a small, hollow, finger-like pouch, hangs at the end of the cecum.

Detailed explanation-2: -It takes several hours for food to reach the large intestine through the digestive tract. The minerals and water from the remaining food, that is left undigested, are absorbed in the large intestine. The goblet cells consume excess water from the undigested food residues in the large intestine.

Detailed explanation-3: -The food molecules that cannot be digested or absorbed need to be eliminated from the body. The removal of indigestible wastes through the anus, in the form of feces, is defecation or elimination.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. The descending colon stores feces that will eventually be emptied into the rectum.

Detailed explanation-5: -The purpose of the large intestine is to absorb water and salts from the material that has not been digested as food, and get rid of any waste products left over. By the time food mixed with digestive juices reaches your large intestine, most digestion and absorption has already taken place.