Normal path of food to anus

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Following Food from Mouth to Anus. To understand how our food is digested in the digestive system, it might be very useful to follow our food along its normal path, starting from the mouth. Imagine for just a second that you're hungry and your eyes gaze upon a nice home cooked thanksgiving turkey dinner. Your mouth.

The large intestine consists of the caecum, colon, rectum and anal canal. It is about metres long and has an average diameter of about 6 cm. The 4 major functions of the large intestine are recovery of water and electrolytes, formation and storage of faeces and fermentation of some of the indigestible food matter by .