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LARGE INTESTINE-STRUCTURE ANDFUNCTION
STRUCTURE
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The term large intestine comes from theLatin term “Intestium crassum”.
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It is the last part of digestive system-final stage of the alimentary canal-invertebrate animals.
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It is about 4.9 feet long(app.5 ft) and2.5 cm in diameter.
 
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It is about one-fifth of the whole length of the intestinal canal.
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It consists of the cecum,colon,rectum andanal canal.
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It starts in the right iliac region of thepelvis ,just at or below the right waist,where it is joined to the bottom end of thesmall intestine(ileocecal junction).Fromhere it continues up the abdomen, thenacross the width of the abdominal cavity,and then it turns down, continuing to itsendpoint to the anus.
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 The wall of the large intestine is lined with
 
 
 
COMPARING LARGE INTESTINEWITH SMALL
INTESTINE
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Large intestine is wider than small intestine and differsin showing the longitudinal layer of the muscularishave been reduced to 3 strap- like structures knownas y the taeniae coli.
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Instead of having the evaginations of the smallintestine (villi) the large intestine has invaginations(the intestinal glands).
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While both the large and small intestine have gobletcells, they are abundant in large intestine.
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Instead of having the evaginations of the smallintestine (villi) the large intestine ha s invaginations(the intestinal glands).
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While both the large and small intestine have goblet
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