THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

RECTUM AND ANUS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which organ absorbs water and is the last stage of the digestive process?
A
Gall Bladder
B
Pancreas
C
Large Intestine
D
Small Intestine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -It terminates into the sigmoid colon, which is the fifth part of the large intestine. The sigmoid colon links the descending colon to the rectum. The sigmoid colon is an S-shaped loop of varying length and becomes the rectum at the level of S3.

Detailed explanation-3: -The final stage of the digestive system is the colon (large intestine) which absorbs water and salts before the remains are passed out of the rectum as faeces. The colon can also help to absorb remaining carbohydrate and some fats.

Detailed explanation-4: -(larj in-TES-tin) The long, tube-like organ that is connected to the small intestine at one end and the anus at the other. The large intestine has four parts: cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal. Partly digested food moves through the cecum into the colon, where water and some nutrients and electrolytes are removed.

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