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Colon: The colon's function is primarily to reabsorb water from the stool and store it until elimination from the body is convenient. Diseases of the colon disrupt the ability of the organ to perform this function.

Ulcerative colitis
This photograph shows an abrupt transition from a normal mucosa, with its normal blood vessel pattern, to an abnormal mucosa, characterized by redness, granularity and loss of the normal blood vessel pattern. This appearance is typical of ulcerative colitis.

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