Large Intestine

Question 1

Role

Answer 1

Waste products of digestion are processed in preparation for excretion through the anus

Question 2

Cecum

Answer 2

Pouch that lies on right side of the abdomen
Ileum to colon

Question 3

Ilocecal sphincter

Answer 3

Ring like muscle that controls the flow from the ileum of the SI into the cecum of the LI

Question 4

Vermiform appendix

Answer 4

Hangs from lower portion of the cecum, consists of lymphoid tissue

Question 5

Colon

Answer 5

Longest portion of the li

Question 6

Ascending colon

Answer 6

Upward form cecum to the undersurface of the liver

Question 7

Transverse colon

Answer 7

Horizontally across the abdominal cavity from right to left towards the spleen

Question 8

Descending colon

Answer 8

Travels down the left side of the abdominal cavity to the sigmoid colon

Question 9

Sigmoid colon

Answer 9

Continues from descending colon above and joins the rectum below

Question 10

rectum

Answer 10

Widest division of the large intestine

Question 11

Anus

Answer 11

Lower opening of the digestive tract