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facts about the gi tract
- STOMACH helps with digestion by CHURNING AND BREAKING DOWN FOOD with acid.
- SMALL INTESTINE can be 22 feet long and ABSORBS MOST OF THE NUTRIENTS.
- LARGE INTESTINE can be about 5 feet long and is mostly involved in WATER AND MINERAL ABSORPTION.
- over 400 types of bacteria live in our large intestine.