What is Intestine?
[[File:Intestine - sized.png|thumb|A diagram showing the intestines of a person]] The '''intestines''', [[Division (mathematics)|divided]] into the [[small intestine]] and the [[large intestine]], of an [[animal]] are like a tube through which [[food]] and [[bile]] from the stomach move. The first part of the small '''intestine''' is called the [[duodenum]], where most food is broken down by [[enzymes]]. Later, the small intestine [[Absorption|absorbs]] useful [[Chemical compound|compounds]] from the [[digestion|digested]] food, which is done using small [[villi]] or tiny [[microvillus|microvilli]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/sec09/ch118/ch118d.html |title=Small intestine: biology of the digestive system: Merck Manual Home Edition |first= |last= |work=merckmanuals.com |year=2011 |accessdate=9 March 2011 |archive-date=24 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124003340/http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/sec09/ch118/ch118d.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> - hair-like structures in the walls of the intestine. The large intestine, also called the '''bowel''', [[Absorb|absorbs]] water and any other [[Nutrient|nutrients]], as well as [[vitamins]] made by the [[gut flora]] in the [[colon (anatomy)|colon]]. Finally, waste is [[excretion|expelled]] through the [[anus]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Maton | display-authors = etal| first = Anthea| title = Human biology and health| url = https://archive.org/details/humanbiologyheal00scho | publisher = Prentice Hall| date = 1993| location = Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA| isbn = 0-13-981176-1}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Gastrointestinal system}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Anatomy of the digestive system]]