You eat a cracker that's entirely made of carbohydrates. Describe in sequential order how your body digest this craker. Begin at the mouth and end at the liver.

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When you eat a cracker made entirely of carbohydrates, the digestion process begins in the mouth. As you chew, your saliva starts breaking down the cracker into smaller pieces. However, carbohydrates in the cracker are not immediately broken down in the mouth, as digestion of carbohydrates primarily occurs in the small intestine. From the mouth, the chewed cracker travels down the esophagus into the stomach.

In the stomach, the cracker is further broken down by stomach acid and muscular contractions. However, the carbohydrates are still mostly intact at this point. Next, the partially digested cracker enters the small intestine. Here, the pancreas releases enzymes that break the carbohydrates down into simple sugars, such as glucose. These simple sugars are then absorbed into the bloodstream through the lining of the small intestine.

Once absorbed, the glucose travels through the bloodstream to various cells in the body to be used as an energy source. However, some excess glucose is stored in the liver as glycogen. Once the liver has stored enough glycogen, any additional glucose is converted into fat for long-term energy storage. Therefore, the final destination of the carbohydrates from the cracker is the liver, where any excess glucose is processed and stored.