green poop. quadrangle.

Jun 12, 2008 21:05


what makes poop green?

Adults can also have green poop if they eat large amounts of green, leafy vegetables or if they eat large amounts of foods with green food coloring. Green feces can also occur with diarrhea if bile salts pass through the intestine unchanged. Bile salts are substances that make up bile, which is a fluid produced by the liver that help digest fat.  The bile that is secreted in the first part of the small intestine is actually green. As a stool passes through the large intestine it is turned into a darker brown color. If a stool is still green by the time it is excreted, it could mean that it passed through the large intestine too fast to be changed in color. This mostly occurs in cases of diarrhea, which can be an indication of other problems or lead to dehydration.  Green poop can also be caused by excess iron in the diet. If the body does not absorb all the iron consumed, the iron may stain the poop green.

whats a quadrangle?

quad·ran·gle [kwod-rang-guh
l]
-noun

1.  a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
2.   a square or quadrangular space or court that is surrounded by a building or buildings, as on a college campus. 
3.  the building or buildings around such a space or court.
4.  the area shown on one of the standard topographic map sheets published by the U.S. Geological Survey: approximately 17 mi. (27 km) north to south and from 11 to 15 mi. (17 to 24 km) east to west.

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