Assertion: ileocecal valve's function | /r/HasProperty | the absorption of water
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text: To pass the mixture of unusable food residues, mucous, bile, and other excretions from the small intestine into the colon in small successive doses, so as to give the colon, the chief function of Which is the absorption of water and the discharge of unusable food residues and excreta, an opportunity to deal with the successive portions of material brought to it without being over-loaded.