Digestion Final Steps

The liver uses cholesterol to make bile. The ileum absorbs bile so it can be recycled by the liver.

If someone has high cholesterol, one recommended method of lowering it is to eat more oatmeal. Oatmeal is high in fiber. Why do you think eating oatmeal can lower cholesterol?

What have you heard about the gut/intestinal microbiome? What do you know about it?

Why do you think people die from diseases like dysentery, which cause severe diarrhea?

In your own words, what process gives feces its characteristic smell?

Rate your most recent bowel movement based on the Bristol Stool Chart.

Just kidding! Why do you think types 6 and 7 indicate inflammation? What would this inflammatory condition be called if it was in the small intestine? What about the large intestine?