iLab week 1 Essay
SCI 228 Nutrition, Health, and Wellness

iLab Week 1 Essay There are 14 parts of the digestive system. They include the salivary glands, tongue, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, gall bladder, small intestine, large intestine, appendix, rectum, and the anus. Food we eat first enters our mouth, which is where you find the tongue. We know it’s in there because it tastes the food we put in our mouth. You will find the salivary glands in 2 spots, under your tongue and behind your tongue. The best way to remember that it’s located there is to known that it releases saliva and there is always saliva on your tongue. Our pharynx is found in the back of the mouth. To remember it is located there I use the first half of the word which sounds like far, and then use that as a saying. The Pharynx is the start of a far travel. This is down the esophagus. The esophagus starts at the back of your mouth and runs down into your stomach. I remember it’s located there because I feel food go down my esophagus when I touch my neck. Our stomach is located underneath our heart. Most people love food. I use that to remember where our food goes after we swallow, under the heart into the stomach. The pancreas is located behind the stomach. It’s located behind the stomach because it needs to use the blood streams coming out of the heart to add enzymes it made. After the stomach, food will go into the small intestine. The best way to remember that the small intestine is located under the stomach is that it takes the partially digested food from there and absorbs the nutrients from the food. Once nutrients are absorbed from the small intestine it is carried to the liver. The liver is located beside the stomach, on the right side of our body. The gallbladder is located beneath the liver and beside the pancreas. It is locates there because it store enzymes made