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What is absorbed in the large intestine?
ASimple sugars from digested starch
BAmino acids from digested protein
CWater from the waste material
DFatty acids from digested lipids
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Water from the waste material
1. By the time material reaches the large intestine, the nutrients have already gone.
2. What the large intestine takes up is water.
3. Removing that water compacts the waste into drier faeces.
4. The faeces are then stored until they are excreted through the rectum.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 34 "Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System", section Monogastric: Single-chambered Stomach_
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