large intestine

large intestine

n.

The portion of the intestine that extends from the ileum to the anus, forming an arch around the convolutions of the small intestine and including the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.

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large intestine

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the part of the alimentary canal consisting of the caecum, colon, and rectum. It extracts moisture from food residues, which are later excreted as faeces Compare small intestine

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large intestine

The wide lower section of the intestine that extends from the end of the small intestine to the anus. The large intestine acts mainly to absorb water from digested materials and solidify feces. In most vertebrate animals, it includes the cecum, colon, and rectum.

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large intestine - 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 alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract - tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination bowel, gut, intestine - the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus colon - the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted blind gut, caecum, cecum - the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum" transverse colon - the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon ascending colon - the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon descending colon - the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure - the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum rectum - the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus