Intestines
Get ready for a gut-wrenching adventure with Learning Mole’s “High Five Facts About Intestines”! This video is a journey into the digestive tract, where the small and large intestines play a crucial role in nutrient absorption and waste elimination. From the winding journey of chyme to the absorption of water and nutrients, we’re about to uncover the fascinating and essential facts that make intestines a vital part of our digestive system. So, raise your hand for a high-five and join us as we explore the high-fiving facts about intestines. It’s a celebration of the digestive dance that keeps our bodies nourished and in balance! 🌀🍽️✋
Transcription for Intestines
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Today we’re going to learn five interesting facts about the intestines fact number one. We hear a lot about bacteria being bad as some bacteria can cause infections or disease. We wash our hands to avoid bad bacteria, but not all bacteria are bad for us. Some bacteria is good for us and helps us with digestion and some of that bacteria is found in the intestines. There are around 100 trillion bacteria in your intestines, which help you to digest food. Some people take probiotics to encourage good bacteria as it’s good for your gut to have good bacteria in it fact number two.
There were two parts to the intestines which are described by their size. The small intestine is a long but thin tube which carries food from the stomach to the large intestine. The large intestine is much shorter, but wider and Carries food from the small intestine to the rectum in adults. The large intestine is about five feet long, but the small intestine is much longer around 22 feet long. So together, they measure around 27 feet, which is around the same length as a London bus. fact number three the small intestine absorbs 90% of the nutrients we get from food.
The small intestine is filled with little feelers that are called Villi these help the small intestine to absorb nutrients as the food passes through nutrients are very important to our health as they help our body make energy grow and keep healthy when we eat a balanced diet. We get nutrients from all the groups on the food pyramid. This means our body is ready to run jump Play and Learn we couldn’t absorb all those important nutrients without the help of the small intestine fact number four. Once the food you eat travel soothing intestine.
It is mostly liquid. It is the very important job of the large intestine to absorb the water you get from food the large intestine absorbs around 80% of the water. The body takes in hydration of the body does many important things such as making sure your body can maintain a healthy temperature lubricating your eyes so you can see and helping your joints move. So keeping the body hydrated is a very important job, but number five the large intestine is a very strong muscle which moves food through it with its muscles.
This process is called Harry stylesis during peristalysis nutrients and water are removed from food to fuel the body the muscles and the large intestine are so strong that even if you hang upside down the food will move the right way down towards the rectum. That’s a very strong. Muscle I hope you liked my five interesting intestine facts. See you soon.
