Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: 1  unusual bleeding such as nosebleeds, bleeding gums, or any bleeding that will not stop;  pale skin, fever, easy bruising, purple or red spots under your skin;
The ileocecal valve is a sphincter muscle and its function is to allow the passage of digested food frâ¦om the small intestine into the large intestine, as well as preventing the reflux of the contents of the large intestine back into the ileum (the last part of the small intestine).
Physical description: A five metre long narrow tube that hangs in sausage-like coils. Function: Chemical digestion of food and absorption of nutrients into your blood. Longest section of your digestive tract. Your small intestine is around five metres long, making it the longest section of your digestive tract.Although it is longer than your large intestine it has a smaller diameter.This is why it's called the small intestine. Chemical digestion. After food is churned up in your stomach, a sphincter muscle at the end of your stomach opens to squirt small amounts of food into the top of your small intestine.lthough it is longer than your large intestine it has a smaller diameter. This is why it's called the small intestine. Chemical digestion. After food is churned up in your stomach, a sphincter muscle at the end of your stomach opens to squirt small amounts of food into the top of your small intestine.