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The lower GI tract is called
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Large intestine
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Primary organ of bowel elimination
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Large intestine
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Large intestine is divided into:
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Cecum, colon and rectum
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The valve through which the chyme enter the large intestine
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Ileocecal valve
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The valve prevents.................. from occuring
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Regurgitation
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Colon is divided into
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Ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid
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What feature (structure) in colon allows to accomodate and eleminate large quantities of waste and gas
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Colon's muscular tissue
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Three functions of colon are:
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Absorption, secretion and elimination
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Soft, formed mass
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Chyme
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Circular muscular layer that prevents regurgitation
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Ileocecal valve
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What helps in entrance of chyme into large intestine (the process)
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Peristalsis
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Absorption of these take place in the large intestine
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Water, sodium and chloride from digested food passed from the small intestine
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Series of hollow mucous membrane-lined muscular organ
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GI (gastrointestinal) tract
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Muscular organs in GI tract does the following:
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Absorb fluids and nutrients, prepare food for absorption and use by the bosy's cells, and provide for temporary storage of feces
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Volume of fluid absorbed by the GI tract is: high or low?
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High
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