Large Intestine
A Large Intestine is a Gastrointestinal Tract that ...
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- See: Abdomen, Stomach, Diverticular Disease, Digestive System, Superior Mesenteric Artery, Inferior Mesenteric Artery, Internal Iliac Artery, Superior Mesenteric Vein, Inferior Mesenteric Vein, Inferior Mesenteric Lymph Nodes.
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2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/large_intestine Retrieved:2017-12-20.
- The large intestine, also known as the large bowel or colon, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates. Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored as feces before being removed by defecation.
Most sources define the large intestine as the combination of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal. Some other sources exclude the anal canal. In humans, the large intestine begins in the right iliac region of the pelvis, just at or below the waist, where it is joined to the end of the small intestine at the cecum, via the ileocecal valve. It then continues as the colon ascending the abdomen, across the width of the abdominal cavity as the transverse colon, and then descending to the rectum and its endpoint at the anal canal. Overall, in humans, the large intestine is about long, which is about one-fifth of the whole length of the gastrointestinal tract.
- The large intestine, also known as the large bowel or colon, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates. Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored as feces before being removed by defecation.