“I believe that we can do this! I believe that we can do this!,” screamed four nervous girls in a huddle, as we waited for our heat to be called. We were all feeling a little tense because the meet was not going well and we were expected to swim about a two minute race. As I thought about the orange gatorade feeling uneasy in my stomach, our 200 Freestyle relay was called. The first girl stepped up on the block. BEEP! And the race and the cheering started. I was up next, so I rubbed my hands on the gritty block so I could feel the sensation of the water. As soon as my teammates hand touched the wall, I was diving into the water. The cold gave me a shot of adrenaline and before I knew it and without a breath, I was flipping on the wall. I didn’t …show more content…
The system breaks down the nutrients in order for your body to absorb them for energy use, growth and cell repair. For example proteins are broken down into amino acids, fats are turned into fatty acids, and carbohydrates is broken down to glucose in the small intestine. As I was preparing for my race I drank a bit of Gatorade for a spike of energy before I got into the water. The sugars and the electrolytes are important things that were processed and absorbed into my body through my digestive system, particularly in the small intestine. I was given quick, burnable energy that I would need to push myself through my sprint. The digestive system is connected to the theme of cellular energy Energy through the cells is obtained through the process of cellular respiration. Since I am a heterotroph I must consume other producers or consumers, then that will go through my digestive system, then into my blood and out into my cells giving me energy. This is what occured when I drank the gatorade before I swam. But, the energy that I used through cell energy and my digestive system was only one factor of being able to swim my race and would not have been possible without the next system. My nervous system played an important role in my race as