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"The small intestine in adults is a long and narrow tube about 7 meters (23 feet) long. The large intestine is so called because it is wide in diameter. However, it is shorter than the small intestine - only about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long."
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The large intestine has a larger width but is only 1.5 meters (5 feet) long. The large intestine is divided into 6 parts: cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.
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www.mamashealth.com/organs/intestine.asp
www.mamashealth.com/organs/intestine.asp
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The immature frog (or tadpole), for example, eats mainly plant matter and has a long, highly coiled large intestine. As the frog matures and begins to eat mostly of insects, it's intestine becomes considerably shorter.
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www.hsh.k12.nf.ca/bio2201/organs/mford/largeintestine.h...
www.hsh.k12.nf.ca/bio2201/organs/mford/largeintestine.htm
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That's One Large Intestine; At 3 or 4 inches around (about 7 to 10 centimeters), the large intestine is fatter than the small intestine and it's almost the last stop on the digestive tract. Like the small intestine, it is packed into the body, and would measure 5 feet (about 1.5 meters) long if you spread it out.
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kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW_p3.html
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The small intestine (say: in-tes-tin) is a long tube that's about 1 1/2 inches to 2 inches (about 3.5 to 5 centimeters) around, and it's packed inside you beneath your stomach. ... Next stop for these nutrients: the liver! And the leftover waste - remnants of the food that your body can't use - goes on to the large intestine.
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A report is given on 21 patients who have survived for at least 5 years after drainage of urine into the non-eliminated large intestine (Coffey-Mayo). Uretero-intestinal anastomosis was performed in 19 children, because of extrophy of the bladder, and in 2 women, following a malignant primary disease.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/6649943
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Find out how food waste products are converted into faeces in your 1.5 metre-long large intestine. ... Organs - Large intestine ... System: Digestive; Location: Surrounding your small intestine; Physical description: 1.5 metre-long tube; Function: To convert food waste products into faeces...
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www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/largeint...
www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/largeintestine/large_intestine.shtml
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