LARGE INTESTINE

LARGE INTESTINE

1. Frames the small intestine on three sides and extends from the ileocecal valve to the anus

   • Its major digestive functions are to absorb most of the remaining water from indigestible food residues

2. CECUM

   • Which lies below the ileocecal valve in the right iliac fossa,

3. APPENDIX

   • Contains masses of lymphoid tissue

4. COLON

   • Ascending colon
   • Transverse colon
   • Descending colon.
   • sigmoid colon

5. RECTUM

   • In front of the sacrum

6. ANAL CANAL

   • the last segment of the large intestine, lies in the perineum
   • internal anal sphincter
   • external anal sphincter

7. MOVILITY

   • haustral contractions
   • Mass movements