The large intestine is 7 to 10 cm wide.

The large intestine is divided into 6 pieces, they are cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and the rectum.

Food drying up and hanging out in the large intestine can last 18 hours to 2 days!

The digestive tract is like a long tube, approximately 30 feet long in total, through the middle of the body. It starts at the mouth, where food and drink enter the body, and finishes at the anus, where leftover food and wastes leave the body.

Muscles contract in waves to move the food down the oesophagus. This means that food would get to a person’s stomach, even if they were standing on their head.

It takes your mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, gallbladder, pancreas and liver just to digest a glass of milk.