COLON
The colon is one of the most important organ that helps in digestion, the colon is like a stomach pipe that helps in transportation and absorption of food nutrients including food particles. Colon also helps in the secretion of some materials that helps in digestion.
The colon is also known as the large bowel or large intestine. It is an organ that is part of the digestive system (also called the digestive tract) in the human body. The digestive system is the group of organs that allow us to eat and to use the food we eat to fuel our bodies.
Food begins in the mouth where it is chewed by the teeth into smaller pieces. Once swallowed the food travels into the esophagus which connects to the stomach.
In the stomach food is further broken down to liquid and passed on to the small bowel (intestine).
In the small bowel, the food breakdown continues with the assistance of the pancreas, liver and gallbladder. Here is where all the important vitamins and nutrients in food are absorbed.
What is left over, which is mostly liquid, then moves into the colon. The water is absorbed in the colon. Bacteria in the colon break down the remaining material. Then the colon moves the leftover material into the rectum.
The rectum is like a storage-holder for this waste. Muscles in the rectum move the waste, called stool, out of the body through the anus.
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