1) Digestive system component 2) Traditional Chinese medicine
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The large intestine is the last part of the digestive system in vertebrate animals. Its function is to absorb body water from the matter, and then to pass useless waste material from the body. Terminologia Anatomica, Medscape, and Gray`s Anatomy define the large intestine as the combination of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal. Other sourc....
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[Chinese medicine] The Large Intestine (Chinese: 大肠: pinyin: dà cháng) is one of the fu organs stipulated by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). As distinct from the Western medical concept of Large Intestine, this concept from TCM is more a way of describing a set of interrelated parts than an anatomical organ. It is a functionally d...
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posterior section of the intestine, consisting typically of four regions: the cecum, colon, rectum, and anus. The term colon is sometimes used to ... [6 related articles]
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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. The remaining material, solid waste called stool,...
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The part of the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) that follows, and is larger in diameter than, the small intestine. It begins at the ileocecal junction, where the ileum enters the large intestine, and ends at the anus. The large intestine consists of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal. Its pr...
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<anatomy> Also called the colon, this structure has 6 major divisions: caecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum. ... The total length is approximately 5 feet in the adult and it is responsible for forming, storing and expelling waste matter. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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Comes after the small intestine. Large because it is wider than the small intestine.
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The part of the alimentary canal consisting of the cecum, colon and rectum.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the distal (aboral) portion of the digestive tube extending from the ileocecal valve to the anus; it comprises the cecum (with appendix), colon, rectum, and anal canal; shorter in length but larger in caliber than the small intestine, the large intestine functions to absorb fluids and electrolytes and provide temporary st...
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Large intestine: Comes after the small intestine. Large because it is wider than the small intestine.
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The last major portion of the GI tract, consisting of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.
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The large intestine is a broad, corrugated tube which accepts the by-products of digestion from the small intestine and passes it along to be excreted, continuing to process the material on the way. Any unabsorbed food materials are stored in the large intestine until the body can partially reabsorb water from it, then passing the remains along to ...
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n] - beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum
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Short, straight tube extending from the small intestine to (in birds) the cloaca; it holds the intestinal contents while water is being reabsorbed, and passes the remainder to the cloaca.
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also called the colon - organ in the digestive system that removes excess water and a few waste products
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the part of the digestive tract that is located between the small intestine and the anus
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noun beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
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Consists of the cecum, appendix, colon, and rectum; absorbs some nutrients, but mainly prepares feces for elimination.
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(also called the colon) the last section of the digestive tract, from the cecum to the rectum; absorbs water from digested food and processes it into stool.
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also known as the colon. The last section of the digestive tract, from the cecum to the rectum. Absorbs water from digested food and processes it into stool.
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beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum
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