Question

3. Ramon loves Hot Pockets® and eats at least 3 per day. His Hot Pocket of choice is pepperoni pizza. As Ramon eats and digests his Hot Pocket®, track the digestive processes from the time the hot pocket enters Ramon's mouth. Be sure to include key accessory organs involved and what functions they play. Be sure to mention what is happening, if anything, in the lower part of the GI tract. (12 pts)

Answer 1

After enter in the mouth - saliva secretion from salivary gland - mixing of saliva in food with mastication- entering food in esophagus than in stomach

In stomach gastric enzymes- pepsinogen- convert into pepsin secretion and digest small portion,sugar particles

Then enter in duodenum- pancreatic enzymes and bile from liver and gallbladder secretion in duodenum

Trypsinozene convert into trypsin and digest food particle, lipase - lipid degradation, amylase- for carbohydrates