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'''Transportation'''
'''Transportation'''
Motility in most species is brought about by segmentation and peristalsis. Antiperistalsis may also occur (see species differences).
*Motility in most species is brought about by segmentation and peristalsis.
*Antiperistalsis also occurs and is particularly important in horses, ruminants and rodents.
**Chyme is transported towards the small intestine so as to fill the caecum.
**In the horse the antiperistaltic movements delay the movement of chyme from the ventral to the dorsal colon, which increases the time chyme is available for fermentation in the ventral colon.
*''Mass movements'' move the content of the large intestine on to the [[Rectum - Anatomy & Physiology|rectum]].
==Vasculature==
==Vasculature==