Assertion: ileocecal valve | /r/HasProperty | closed
Facets:
value: forcefully
type: MANNER
value: normally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Normally the ileocecal valve will be closed/relaxed and opens when a bolus of food passes from the small intestine into the large intestine (your inner sewer pipe) during peristalsis (the normal rhythmic movement of the gut)
text: When the ileocecal valve is closed, food remains in the small intestines allowing the body to render and absorb nutrients.
text: If the ileocecal valve is closed, it allows waste material to stay in the small intestine too long.
text: When the ileocecal valve is closed, the partially digested food stays in the small intestine, where the body renders and absorbs nutrients.
text: When the Ileocecal valve is closed, food sits in the small intestine where nutrients, vitamins, and minerals are absorbed.
text: As shown in Figure 63-4, the ileocecal valve itself protrudes into the lumen of the cecum and therefore is forcefully closed when excess pressure builds up in the cecum and tries to push cecal contents backward against the valve lips.