The human digestive system is responsible for processing food, absorbing nutrients and water, and eliminating waste.
Suggest why a patient might produce very dry, hard, and lumpy faeces.
Suggest why a patient might produce very watery, liquid faeces.
Describe the physical mechanism by which food is moved through the gut.
Name the part of the gut where faeces are: (i) temporarily stored. (ii) expelled.
Explain how egestion differs from excretion.
