Question

What is undigested food called?

Answer 1

Faecal constituents:

1. Animals that eat bulk food inevitably eat some material that they can't use.
2. The remaining solid material is maintained until it is ejected through the anus after the resorption of water and ions like sodium and chloride.
3. Faecal components in species with an alimentary canal also include discarded effete (damaged or worn-out) cells from the living mucous membrane and, in higher animals, bacteria that live in the intestine in a symbiotic relationship.
4. Egestion is the process of removing unprocessed food from the body using the anus.
5. Egestion is the last stage of the digestive process in humans.
6. The small intestine's undigested food stays in the rectum and leaves the body through the anus.