I. LARGE INTESTINE (COLON) ANSWERS
1.
Fiber contains large amount of undigested
fibrous plant tissues
(known
as R O U G H A G E) and large amounts of
W A T E R
2. Most of the
water in the large intestine (C O L O N) is normally
reabsorbed back
into the C I R C U L A T O R Y system
3. Solid wastes (F E C E
S) are stored at the far end
of the digestive tube
(known as the A L I M E N T
A R Y C A N A L) in a
region known as
the R E C T U M
4. The process of
P E R I S T A L S I S
along with voluntary muscles
pushes the solid waste ( F
E C E S) out through a circular
valve known
as the A N A L
S P H I N C T E R (A N U S)