NUTRITION
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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Question
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store waste
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absorb water
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mix and mash food in order to break it down
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absorb nutrients
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your small intestine moves water from your bloodstream into your GI tract to help break down food. Your small intestine also absorbs water with other nutrients. Large intestine. In your large intestine, more water moves from your GI tract into your bloodstream.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike the small intestine, the large intestine produces no digestive enzymes. Chemical digestion is completed in the small intestine before the chyme reaches the large intestine. Functions of the large intestine include the absorption of water and electrolytes and the elimination of feces.
Detailed explanation-3: -The inner surface of the mucosa has many finger-like projections called villi. The villi increase the surface area of the small intestine, which helps it absorb digested food.