MEDICAL
RECTUM AND ANUS
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Question
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You couldn’t digest food.
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You wouldn’t be able to go to the bathroom.
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You would become dehydrated.
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Solid waste would not be able to move throughout the digestive system
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Detailed explanation-1: -If food moves through the large intestine too quickly, it will not have sufficient time to absorb water, which will result in the passage of watery stool, or diarrhea.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the consumption of food, the small intestine firstly absorbs approximately 90% of ingested water, leaving the large intestine to absorb any remaining water. This process involves the conversion of liquid chyme residue into feces.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the large intestine, bacteria break down any proteins and starches in chyme that were not digested fully in the small intestine. When all of the nutrients have been absorbed from chyme, the remaining waste material changes into semisolids that are called feces.