The Digestive System Lab

1. The organs of the digestive system are all measurable and it puts into perspective on how small or big certain organs are.

Digestive System	Color and Length (cm)
Mouth	red-27cm
Esophagus	green-48cm
Stomach	green-17cm
Small Intestine	white-660.4cm
Large Intestine	white-165.1cm
Total	917.5 cm

2. The length of my digestive system is around nine times my height. Even though my digestive system is so much longer than my height, it still fits into my body because the small intestine and large intestine are folded and proportionally placed, thus fitting into one body.

3. I think food takes around 5 hours to move through my entire digestive system.
I looked it up and it actually takes 6-8 hours for food to digest. I was 1-3 hours off.
The factors that influence the time it takes for our food to digest is how well the food we ate breaks down, how each organ is functioning, and how long food contracts through each specific digestive system.

4. Digestion (mouth, stomach) is what chemically and physically breaks down food. The nutrients released is absorbed (small intestine) into the bloodstream.

5. A question I have is if we someone didn't have a well-functioning digestive system, how will that be treated?