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Summary The formation of poop in colon
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How much poop is stored in our colonIn the oral cavity where the digestion begins. There are
mechanical digestion and chemical digestion.we get the chemical
digestion because the salivary glands are secreted the Saliva into
the oral cavity and those will contain enzymes which will break
down the food and also helps to soft and the food so it can pass
smoothly back to the pharynx then they will move into the
esophagus.The esophagus is in the midline of the body and the
esophagus transports the food into the stomach.The stomach is
going to continue the process of digestion by secreting
hydrochloric acid and some other digestive enzymes to continue
to break down the food.And the stomach creates it’s muscular
blender action these contractions have the food to mix with
digestive enzymes and acids.And thus we change the name of
food into chyme.Chyme is essentially the mixed food with the
secretion of the digestive tract.The stomach regulate the passage
of from the itself into the small intestine. So the passage of chyme
into the small intestine can be regulated by the sphincter in colon
called Pyloric Sphincter.The first portion of the small intestine
makes a really important contribution to the formation of poop or
feces. The first part of the small intestine is referred to as
duodenum.It is about 12 fingers breadth and length. It also
participates in digestion and it also secrete pancreatic enzymes
and the liver and the gallbladder are secreted bile into there. Bile
is responsible for the color of the stool as it gets injected into the
small intestine.In first bile is first secreted in greenish and
yellowish color.But as the bile gets mixed into the chyme and then
then the chyme passes through the length of the guts through the
large intestine, into the large intestine.There are lots of bacteria
can be seen in the large intestine and the bacteria will further
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