Digestive System Lab

The goal of this lab was to visualize the actual length of the digestive tract. We roughly measured our mouth esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine length by measuring different parts of our body and representing them with different colored string for each part. The take aways was to learn more about the digestive system and the size of each section. The total length of my digestive system is 868 centimeters.

Digestive Organ	Color and Length (cm)
Mouth	13.8-purple
Esophagus	43-purple
Stomach	16.5-burgundy
Small Intestine	636- white
Large Intestine	159-purple
TOTAL	868

I am 159 centimeters and my digestive tract is 868 centimeters which is about 5.5 times bigger than my actual height. I think that my digestive system is able to fit inside my abdomen because it coils really tightly and becomes compact enough to squish into the tight space. I think it takes about 24 hours for food to move through my entire digestive system. Actually, it averages for 50 hours for the entire process but can take from 24-72 hours. The different factors include the amount and type of food eaten, water consumption, amount and type of liquid consumed, stress level and exercise done. Digestion is when food is broken down into smaller pieces and absorption is when the body takes away the nutrients and water needed. Major digestive organs include liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. Absorption takes place within the small and large intestine, rectum and anus. I would like to learn more about why our digestive system is so long in length.

SMART goals

1. This semester, one of my goals is to maintain straight A's. Being a second semester senior, I will definitely start slacking on my work and I need to maintain the same focus on on my work as last semester. I will not fall behind on my homework by not procrastinating after school. Alongside earning these grades, I really want to understand everything I learn and not just fo through the motions of going to school and learning. I believe that absorbing useful information will help me in the long term, especially in college. Also, to achieve good scores, I will still have to work as hard and will start studying earlier especially for big tests. This will allow me to lower my stress and allow me to get adequate amount of sleep per night.
2. Another one of my goals is to become a healthier person overall. Not only phyiscally but also mentally. Being physically healthy is already a long term goal I have had in plan but I definitely can improve on that part. I would like to increase the times I exercise each week and actually stick with a plan. It will definitely be easier to make time to work out because now I dont have college apps taking up my free time. In terms of exercising, I would like to expand the variety of ways that I can exercise and would like to attend different classes. I could improve my mental health by reducing the amount of time I spend on technology. Being clouded with all these outside influences my mind on a daily basis. Most of the time, I mindlessly scroll through social media and it just wastes my time and doesn't allow me to fulfill anything.