I am just wondering, or is it a organ for all the stomach?
2006-08-09 08:38:06 · 12 answers · asked by megan_mose2002 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Not quite sure what you mean. But I'll try to explain a bit.
The esophagus opens up into the stomach when it passes a valve called the cardiac valve (named because it's near the heart). That valve is what keeps food in the stomach, normally.
Food gets sloshed about in the stomach for a bit before moving on to the small intestine. The small intestine is anywhere from 20-25 feet long, and pretty well folded up. The small intestine is where nutrients from your food are actually absorbed. It's also where enzymes from the pancreas and liver pour into your food to help break it down farther.
After the small intestine is done with the food, it moves into the large intestine (the colon) that absorbs the leftover water from everything that's not digestible. The large intestine starts on your right side, a little bit below the level of the navel, and moves up, then across, then back down, before exiting. It's not nearly as long as your small intestine, much closer to 2 or 3 feet long.
The small intestine and large intestine are organs all their own.
2006-08-09 08:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colon has a right side, that goes upwards and a transverse, that goes from the right to the left side, where it goes down. If you suffer from indigestion it might help to massage your stomach following the way of the colon.
2006-08-09 08:49:26 · answer #2 · answered by lonely dancer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colon is part of the intestine. It consists of the ascending colon, transverse colon, the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the rectum. The colon from cecum to the mid transverse colon is also known as the right colon. The remainder is known as the left colon.
2006-08-09 08:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colon has an ascending, transverse and descending aspect of its anatomy.. the ascending is on the right side, the descending is on the left. There are records of opposites but are not common.
2006-08-09 08:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honestly sounds like diverticulitis. that's as a effect of a susceptible area of the bowel wall ballooning out, frequently as a effect of constipation. each at situations an infection instruments in and the suffering is often negative. the most available technique to get convenience is to take a heavy dose of augmented penicillin. Diverticulitis on the point of continuously factors suffering on the left element.
2016-11-23 18:02:50 · answer #5 · answered by rogowski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. & Thanks, I learned something:
"The right colon consists of the cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure and the right half of the transverse colon. The left colon consists of the left half of the transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, and sigmoid."
2006-08-09 08:44:45 · answer #6 · answered by tharedhead ((debajo del ombú)) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, you need an anatomy book badly...
It follows the small intestine, crosses across your body from right to left under your diaphragm, down your left side, to the lower quadrant of your abdomen, & then crosses back to the middle to exit to your anus.
2006-08-09 08:47:49 · answer #7 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It circulates so it is on both sides of ur body. Dint u do Biology
2006-08-09 08:42:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a med-school textbook with good color pictures! Don't you have any clue? How has your body been functioning since birth?
2006-08-09 08:44:33 · answer #9 · answered by Intelligent and curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a colon is just a fancy way of saying intestine. do you KNOW how long ur intestines are??? MILES!!!
2006-08-09 08:42:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋