2007-01-27 18:18:26 · 5 answers · asked by Booyah! 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
We'd all die from malnutrition and lack of water. Seriously, it is the organ where most liquids and minerals are absorbed - along with any remaining nutrients. So a lot of the nutritional value of the foods we eat would be lost down the toilet. Salts are actively transported back across the walls of the large intestine and water follows (via osmosis) - this causes compacting of the waste material. Without that function, we would be undernourished and thirsty individuals with loose bowels.
2007-01-27 21:17:33 · answer #1 · answered by soul83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the food we will be digested in the large intestine while the food that did not digest it will go to the small intestine to be made as human waste
2016-05-24 07:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We'd have loose bowels. The colon (large intestine) absorbs water and solidifies the bowel contents.
2007-01-27 18:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all goes into your toilet, and down the drain
2007-01-27 18:26:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think you'd get any vitamin k or something. it would suck. you'd probs die.
2007-01-27 22:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by liliaceae_aletris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋