Your thoughts on whether or not the slice of pizza you ate becomes you. If yes, how does the pizza become you? If no, why don't you think the pizza becomes you? Your responses should be supported by...

1. Your thoughts on whether or not the slice of pizza you ate becomes you.


2. If yes, how does the pizza become you? If no, why don't you think the pizza becomes you? Your responses should besupported by explaining the key steps in digestion and absorption of nutrients.
   


3. What happens to the waste from eating the pizza? What are 4 channels by which waste is eliminated from the body? Explainwhat is eliminatedand theorigin of the waste(e.g., CO2in exhaled breath comes from cellular respiration).

GI Tract Concept Map:

Using your textbook, the materials in this module, or Internet resources, add more details to the Figure below using the following list of words:Tongue, teeth, salivary glands, segmentation, epiglottis, pharynx, sphincters, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, villi, microvilli, mucosal cells, site of uptake of water & some vitamins,H. pylori, gut microflora, major site of absorption of nutrients, emulsification by bile, chewing, peristalsis, mucus, low pH, and Peyer’s Patches.

You can do this any way you wish, and there are many ‘right’ ways to do it. Do this in a way that makes sense to you and use this activity as way to become familiar with the terms and their meanings.

For example, you could add the words tongue, teeth, and salivary glands to the Figure as shown above.