2006-12-21 01:24:14 · 4 answers · asked by amjad ali a 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
colon
(KOE-lun)
A long, tube-shaped organ that carries food from the small intestine to the rectum. It is very, very long. So in order to fit into your abdomen, it is folded many times. Its job is to remove water, some nutrients, and chemicals that your body needs from the digested food. The leftover solid waste (called stool or bowel movement) moves through the colon to the rectum and leaves the body through the anus.
2006-12-21 01:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by teco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miovcheva and who a UOO have already answered what is meant by colon In anatomy.
Besides anatomy, we call (:) sign also a colon, the usage of which can be looked up in any grammer book.
Colon is also used as a religious sign and in mythology.
2006-12-21 02:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by saudipta c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
colon is the large intestine which from what i remember is supposed to remove fluids from all the food you have eaten
2006-12-24 01:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by hi2u_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1HBHtechnicalthe lower part of thebowels, in which food is changed into waste matter
2SLAthe sign (:) that is used in writing and printing to introduce an explanation, example,quotation (1)etc [↪ semicolon]
2006-12-21 01:28:15 · answer #4 · answered by miovcheva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋