A report on Feces
Not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
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Defecation
5 linksDefecation (or defaecation) follows digestion, and is a necessary process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus.
Manure
3 linksOrganic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture.
Organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture.
Most manure consists of animal feces; other sources include compost and green manure.
Dry dung fuel
2 linksDry dung fuel (or dry manure fuel) is animal feces that has been dried in order to be used as a fuel source.
Human feces
2 linksSolid or semisolid remains of food that could not be digested or absorbed in the small intestine of humans, but has been further broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
Solid or semisolid remains of food that could not be digested or absorbed in the small intestine of humans, but has been further broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
Human feces has similarities to the feces of other animals and varies significantly in appearance (i.e. size, color, texture), according to the state of the diet, digestive system and general health.
Anus
2 linksOpening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth.
Opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth.
Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, the residual semi-solid waste that remains after food digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, includes: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones; food material after the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts.
Fossil
3 linksAny preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
Any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
Fossils may also consist of the marks left behind by the organism while it was alive, such as animal tracks or feces (coprolites).
Large intestine
1 linksLast part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates.
Last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates.
Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored in the rectum as feces before being removed by defecation.
Bilirubin
1 linksRed-orange compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates.
Red-orange compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates.
For example, the molecules excreted in the urine differ from those in the feces.
William Buckland
2 linksEnglish theologian who became Dean of Westminster.
English theologian who became Dean of Westminster.
He pioneered the use of fossilised faeces in reconstructing ecosystems, coining the term coprolites.