- large intestine - beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
--1 is a kind of intestine, bowel, gut
--1 is a part of
--1 has parts:alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract
--1 has particulars: coloncecum, caecum, blind gut; transverse colon; ascending colon; descending colon; sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure; rectum