The Journey of a Cheeseburger

Directions: Show your understanding of the digestive system. You may use full sentences or
point form as long as all necessary detail is included. Please write double spaced and legibly!
ESSAY QUESTION: Trace the path of a piece of food (hamburger on a bun with cheese )
through the human gastrointestinal tract.
Describe, in detail, how the food is mechanically and chemically digested, absorbed into
the body, and how its indigestible materials are eliminated from the body.

Name the organs and describe what happens at each organ. Dont forget about the
accessory organs and their secretions.

List the enzymes and hormones and their functions involved. Where are these enzymes
and hormones created, where do they go, and what do they act on?

Include what happens to carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, water, vitamins, and minerals
of the hamburger as it passes through the digestive system.

Describe what effect this meal has on a persons blood glucose levels and how the
body reacts to this.
*You may fill in this diagram for 1 bonus mark, but each label must be completed and correct

for +1 mark*