The large intestine is the final part of the lower gastrointestinal tract and includes the caecum, appendix, colon, rectum and anal canal. The large intestine's function is to finish digestion of ...

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What's left of the food goes into your large intestine. And guess what? It's about 15 feet shorter than the small intestine. Ironic, huh? But at three to four inches around, it's wider ...

A holidaymaker has filmed an "alien-like" creature which he found and says it looks like a mix of a "cobra tail, large intestine and a condom". Kristoffer Young was visiting the Cala Laiya resort ...

Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the bloodstream. The blood then carries the useful substances around ...

The small intestine is around 20 ft (6 m) long and absorbs around 90% of the nutrients from food into the bloodstream. From the large intestine, the body absorbs water and electrolytes.