DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; PART 5; THE INTESTINE & ABSORPTION by Professor Fink

In Part 5 of Professor Fink’s 5-Part Series on the Digestive System, he first describes the Absorption of both water-soluble Nutrients into the bloodstream and lipid-soluble nutrients into the lacteals, and then presents the functional anatomy of the Large Intestine (Colon). Reference is made to: the Hepatic Portal Vein, the Ileo-Cecal Sphincter, Haustra, the Cecum, Ascending Colon, Transverse Colon, Descending Colon, Sigmoid Colon, Rectum, Anus, the Appendix, Internal & External Anal Sphincters, Ulcerative Colitis, Diverticulosis, and Colon Cancer.

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