HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What absorbs water and minerals and holds waste?
A
Large Intestine (Colon)
B
Small Intestine
C
Gall Bladder
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The large intestine has 3 primary functions: absorbing water and electrolytes, producing and absorbing vitamins, and forming and propelling feces toward the rectum for elimination.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The colon’s job is to dehydrate what’s left of the food and form it into stool. It does this by slowly absorbing water and electrolytes as its muscle system moves the waste along. Meanwhile, bacteria living in your colon feed on the waste and break it down further, completing the chemical part of the digestive process.

Detailed explanation-4: -The large intestine has four parts: cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.

Detailed explanation-5: -The colon removes water and some nutrients and electrolytes from partially digested food. The remaining material, solid waste called stool, moves through the colon, is stored in the rectum, and leaves the body through the anus.

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