Assertion: digestive system's function | /r/HasProperty | to absorb water
Facets:
value: from indigestible food
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The primary functions of the colon are to absorb water; to maintain osmolality, or level of solutes, of the blood by excreting and absorbing electrolytes (substances, such as sodium and chloride, that in solution take on an electrical charge) from the chyme; and to store fecal material until it can be evacuated by defecation.
text: The main function of the large intestine is to absorb water.
text: Small Intestine Lies between stomach and large intestine, majority of digestion and absorption takes place here, About 5 meters in length Large Intestine Second-to-last part of alimentary canal, main function is to absorb water from indigestible food.