what helps break down waste in large intestine?!


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I don't know about the Large intestine specifically , because as far as i know , the large intestine only reabsorbs water but generally the intestinal juices contain :

Mucus : to neutralise the acidic chyme from the stomach to provide a suitable pH for action of enzymes

Proteases : Include exopeptidases which convert peptides to smaller peptides & amino acids

Carbohydrates : Includes amylase , maltase , lactase & sucrase

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Microscopic soldiers with laser guns.

Intestinal acid breaks down food in the intestines.

Actually its a bacteria. And its a rowdy one, that eats microscopic things with laser guns.

Many microbes (bacteria like Bacteroides, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella) in the large intestine help in the digestion process. The first part of the large intestine is called the cecum (the appendix is connected to the cecum). Food then travels upward in the ascending colon. The food travels across the abdomen in the transverse colon, goes back down the other side of the body in the descending colon, and then through the sigmoid colon.
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestive/
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