What's left of the food goes into your large intestine. And guess what? It's about 15 feet shorter than the small intestine. Ironic, huh? But at three to four inches around, it's wider ...

The colon, or large intestine, is at the end of the digestive ... Polyps are growths that form on the inside of the colon. Polyps are noncancerous, but cancer can begin with some types of polyps.