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The
long, coiled, tube-like organ (also known as large bowel or large intestine)
that removes water from digested food. The remaining material, solid waste
called "stool," moves through the colon and the rectum and leaves the body
through the anus.
Parts of the colon include: cecum, ascending colon, transverse
colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon. The average colon is approximately 6
feet long.
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