2007-10-09 07:12:41 · 3 answers · asked by tdub45701 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Your stool doesn't absorb water. Your intestines do. If your intestines fail to absorb the water from your stool, it is called diarreah.
2007-10-09 07:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by The Master 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't. When you eat, you ingest liquid as well as solid material. That goes to esopahgus, then stomach - where a bit of fluid is absorbed; then small intestine, where a lot more fluid is absorbed.; ditto the colon.
The stomach and small intestine also produce digestive enzymes, and absorb electrolytes, vitamins, nutrients, and calories.
The colon absorbs vitamins, electrolytes, and produces mucus for stool.
Normally, the liquid left at the end of the colon is enough for you to produce normal stool. If it moves through too fast [ stomach virus, food poisoning ], there is too much water [ diarrhea ]; too slow will produce constipation [ AKA s***ting a brick' ].
2007-10-09 07:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by Nurse Susan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your colon helps with that. When there isn't enough, you get constipation. When there's too much you get diarrhea. The membranes in your colon help balance it out, but it also matter what you in tkae into you your own body.
2007-10-09 07:16:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋