Name the part of alimentary canal where a few vitamins are synthesized
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Alimentary canal, also called digestive tract, pathway by which food enters the body and solid wastes are expelled. The alimentary canal includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus. See digestion.
Sources. For the most part, vitamins are obtained from the diet, but some are acquired by other means: for example, microorganisms in the gut flora produce vitamin K and biotin; and one form of vitamin D is synthesized in skin cells when they are exposed to a certain wavelength of ultraviolet light present in sunlight.
The large intestine is the part where water absorption takes place and many remaining nutrients are absorbed before they can be defeacated and sent to rectum...The Colon is the part of large intestine where few vitamins are synthesised by colonic bacteria... Those few vitamins are Vitamin K as it’s daily ingestion is not enough and thiamin and riboflavin