The Digestive System - The Large Intestines
Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 7.2.5
The Large Intestine's Role in the Digestive System
The final stage of digesting food involves the large intestine.
Water reabsorbed
- Water is reabsorbed into the body in the large intestine.
Passing of faeces
- Any food that cannot be digested and absorbed remains in the large intestine.
- Food that cannot be digested passes along the large intestine.
- Undigested food comes out of the anus as faeces.
Faeces
- 'Faeces' is the word scientists use for poo.
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