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What's the meaning of defecation?
The meaning of defecation is when feces is discharged from the body.
What is the difference between excretion and defecation?
The difference between excretion and defecation is excretion is the removal of waste and defecation is the removal of undigested waste. During defecation, the nutrients are absorbed by the body before being removed from the body.
What is the medical term meaning infrequent defecation?
Constipation means infrequent defecation.
What organ contrast the process of excretion with the process of defecation?
The skin and kidneys are involved in excretion, filtering waste products from the blood and expelling them from the body through sweat and urine, respectively. In contrast, the large intestine is responsible for defecation by eliminating solid waste material from the body in the form of feces.
What is the similarity of the process of excretion with the process of defecation?
It is similar with defecation only in that both help to overcome nitrogenous wastes in the body. Defecation helps to pass out the solid wastes. But defecation can not be called excretion on the physiological grounds as the waste does not cross any semipermeable membrane as is required in the process of excretion.
How does Defecation occur?
it has a hole
Where does defecation occur?
The toilet.
Is defecation found at reproductive system?
Defecation, or elimination of solid waste, is a process of the digestive system, not the reproductive system.
Is defecation another word for chewing?
No. Defecation is another word for the act of eliminating waste from the body. Mastication or masticating is another word for chewing.
Defecation is a function of what system?
digestive system
What is the word for increased frequency of defecation?
Diarrea.
What site of initiation of the defecation reflex?
the anus
