Assertion: large intestine's colon | /r/CapableOf | absorb water
Facets:
value: from wastes
type: OTHER
value: to form stool
type: PURPOSE
value: from it
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: barely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The colon absorbs water from wastes, creating stool.
text: The colon absorbs water from wastes, creating stool.
text: Although, the colon in the large intestine absorbs water, sodium, chlorine ions and some vitamins; by the time the digested material reaches the large intestine, most of the nutrients have been absorbed, and digestion is complete.
text: The large intestine (or colon, or large bowel) is the last structure to process food, taking the undigestible matter from the small intestine, absorbing water from it and leaving the waste product called feces.
text: The descending colon barely absorbs water and salt, as the food has become faeces by the time it reaches this segment of the alimentary tract.
text: The colon absorbs water to form stool, absorbs vitamins, secretes bicarbonates to neutralize acidity and produces antibodies.
text: The colon removes and absorbs water, is the catalyst for the fermentation of remining material and expels solid matter in the form of feces into the rectum for removal from the body.