Food Flow Learning Exercise

When food and water are ingested, they flow through the GI tract in a particular sequence. In the exercise below, number the structures according to when food passes through them. Some structures have already been numbered for you.

_____ Duodenum

_____ Transverse Colon

_____ Pharynx (oro- & laryngopharynx)

_13__ Rectum, Anal Canal and Anus

_____ Stomach

_____ Esophagus

__1__ Oral Cavity

_____ Cecum

_____ Jejunum

_____ Ascending Colon

_____ Ileum

_____ Sigmoid Colon

_____ Descending Colon

NOW, make your own flowchart, and rewrite this sequence out in order - this will help you remember this pathway!