The United Kingdom (UK) comprises four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Within the United Kingdom, a unitary sovereign state, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have gained a degree of autonomy through the process of devolution.imilarly, the British overseas territories, remnants of the British Empire, are not part of the UK. Historically, from 1801, following the Acts of Union, until 1921 the whole island of Ireland was a country within the UK. Ireland was split into two separate jurisdictions in 1921: Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Intestine: The long, tubelike organ in the abdomen that completes the process of digestion. It consists of the small and large intestines. Last Editorial Review: 6/9/2016.
The large intestine is the final section of the gastrointestinal tract that performs the vital task of absorbing water and vitamins while converting digested food into feces.Although shorter than the small intestine in length, the large intestine is considerably thicker in diameter, thus giving it its name.he large intestine performs the vital functions of converting food into feces, absorbing essential vitamins produced by gut bacteria, and reclaiming water from feces. A slurry of digested food, known as chyme, enters the large intestine from the small intestine via the ileocecal sphincter.