The Journey of a Potato Chip Through Our Digestive Tract

Question

The journey of a potato chip through our digestive tract would be
A)mouth to esophagus to stomach to liver to small intestine to large intestine to anus.
B)mouth to esophagus to stomach to small intestine to large intestine to anus.
C)mouth to stomach to esophagus to pancreas to small intestine to large intestine to anus.
D)mouth to esophagus to stomach to large intestine to small intestine to anus.

Accepted Answer

When we eat a potato chip, it goes through our mouth and into the esophagus, which transports it to the stomach. In the stomach, it is broken down further by stomach acid and enzymes. From there, it passes into the small intestine where nutrients are absorbed. Finally, any waste products pass into the large intestine and then out of the body through the anus. Therefore, the potato chip's journey would be mouth to esophagus to stomach to small intestine to large intestine to anus. Option B best represents this sequence.