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Bowels: What Are, Intestinal Bacteria, and Diet

What Are Bowels?

The bowels are the lower element of the digestive system. This hollow muscular tube goes from the stomach to the back passage. It processes all the food the individual consumes and breaks it down into nutrients for the organism. It even gets rid of any solid waste from the organism. The specialists divide the bowels into the small bowel (or small intestine) and the large bowel (colon and rectum).

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