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Histology of Large Intestine by Brittany List

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Histology of the Large Intestine

By. Brittany List

 

 

The large intestine is the final part of the digestive tract. When you eat food it passes through your mouth, then your esophagus, then your stomach, then from your stomach to your small intestine, and then to your large intestine before moving through your rectum and out through your anus. The large intestine is found in your stomach and is about 5 feet long. Water is absorbed in the large intestine, and then the remaining waste material is kept as feces before moving out of the rectum and anus. The large intestine has 3 main functions:

 

1. Absorbing water and electrolytes.

2. Absorbing and producing vitamins.

3. Making feces and moving feces towards the rectum.

 

 

Large intestine (colon)

 

References:

 

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19220.htm

 

http://medcell.med.yale.edu/histology/gi_tract_lab.php

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/large-intestine

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