The gastrointestinal tract is made up of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and finally the anal canal.

消化道的构成包括：口腔、咽、食管、胃、小肠、大肠以及肛管。

When chyme hits the cecum, it's met by trillions of bacteria that colonize the large intestine - they're collectively called the gut microbiome.

一旦食糜进入盲肠，便立即与数以万亿计的细菌接触；这些细菌定植于大肠，它们统称为肠道微生物群落。

I think it mainly affects the large intestine.

我认为它主要影响大肠。

Random fact about me: I don't have a large intestine and that is because I have Crohn's Disease.

关于我的随机事实：我没有大肠，那是因为我患有克罗恩病。

We'll hear more soon, but first I have a question for you, Neil, and it's about the gut - the tube which includes the large and small intestine.

我们很快会听到更多内容，但首先我有一个问题要问你，尼尔，它和肠道有关，肠道是指包括大肠和小肠的消化管。

Unlike its cousin, ulcerative colitis, which only affects the large intestine, Crohn disease causes inflammation and tissue destruction anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the anus.

虽与溃疡性结肠炎同属炎症性肠病，但溃疡性结肠炎只侵犯大肠，而克罗恩病能引起胃肠道任何部位的炎症和组织破坏，上至口腔，下达肛门。

Since the disease only affects the large intestine, removal of the colon generally cures the disease, but you have to weight the benefits of curing the disease against the total loss of the large intestine.

因为这种疾病只累及大肠，因此切除结肠在一般情况下能达到治愈的效果，但你必须在手术前衡量治愈该疾病和完全丧失大肠功能的利弊得失。

The liquid remainder of the food enters the large intestine, or colon, which is about 3.7 meters long. It is more than twice as wide as the small intestine.

在大肠中，大部分液体被吸收，相对干燥的残留物被排出体外。