What is the difference between small intestine and large intestine functions and actions?
The small intestine digests and absorbs nutrients, vitamins, minerals, fluids, and electrolytes found in the digestive chime (mixture of partially digested food and secretions), which moves through the small bowel until it passes into the large bowel (colon) through the ileocecal valve. The large intestine (colon) collects, concentrates, transports, and eliminates waste (feces).
