Question

During digestion, water is both added and removed. Which area of the digestive system removes water?

Answer 1

Large Intestine

Step-by-step explanation:

Water from the undigested food is removed by the large intestine. All the nutrients have been absorbed from the food before it reaches large intestine.

Large intestine removes water and make stool consistent enough so that it is easily removed.

There are three main parts of large intestine

a) Cecum - cecum has no major role in food digestion. It passes the food to the colon

b) Colon - It has three sub parts

i. the ascending colon - Bacteria in colon digest the remaining food

ii. the transverse colon - It absorbs fluid and salts

iii. the descending colon - hold the waste

c) rectum

Answer 2

Large intestine

Step-by-step explanation:

Large intestine is the part of the digestive system that consists of cecum, the colon and the rectum. The undigested food enter from small intestine into large intestine. Function of large intestine is to absorb water, salts and vitamins from the undigested food. The undigested and unabsorbed substances form faeces and is stored in rectum till defaecation.