What are the pathways of alcohol?
1. Mouth- Alcohol is intake.
2. Stomach - alcohol directly goes into the stomach. Small amount goes through the walls of the stomach and into bloodstream. Most alcohol goes down the small intestine.
3. Small Intestine- from the stomach, the alcohol goes into the small intestine. Most alcohol goes into the walls of the intestine and into the bloodstream.
4. Bloodstream- The bloodstream then carries alcohol to all parts of the body like the brain, heart, and liver.
5. Liver- Bloodstream carries the alcohol around the body and also through the liver. The liver oxidizes alcohol, changing it to water, carbon, and energy. The liver can oxidize only about one-half ounce of alcohol an hour. Until the liver has time to oxidize all the alcohol, the alcohol passes through all parts of the body like the brain.
6. Brain- Alcohol goes to the brain almost as soon as it is drunk carried through the bloodstream. Alcohol keeps passing through the brain until the liver oxidizes all the alcohol.
1. Mouth- Alcohol is intake.
2. Stomach - alcohol directly goes into the stomach. Small amount goes through the walls of the stomach and into bloodstream. Most alcohol goes down the small intestine.
3. Small Intestine- from the stomach, the alcohol goes into the small intestine. Most alcohol goes into the walls of the intestine and into the bloodstream.
4. Bloodstream- The bloodstream then carries alcohol to all parts of the body like the brain, heart, and liver.
5. Liver- Bloodstream carries the alcohol around the body and also through the liver. The liver oxidizes alcohol, changing it to water, carbon, and energy. The liver can oxidize only about one-half ounce of alcohol an hour. Until the liver has time to oxidize all the alcohol, the alcohol passes through all parts of the body like the brain.
6. Brain- Alcohol goes to the brain almost as soon as it is drunk carried through the bloodstream. Alcohol keeps passing through the brain until the liver oxidizes all the alcohol.