Human Digestive System

"Where Will I Go?" Key Vocabulary

I was born on a tree; that's where I'd like to be
A shiny red apple on a farm
But the farmer could see how yummy I would be
So he sent me to the store with a hundred just like me

Where will I go? Where will I go? A healthy red apple, I don't know
Where will I go? Where will I go? Then somebody bought me at the store

When I heard a hungry face say they'd like to have a taste
I didn't know what would come of me
Picked me up, took a bite, I got squeezed very tight
Juices started flowing out of me

Where will I go? Where will I go?
Where will I go? Where will I go? I don't know

Teeth biting me apart
Saliva breaks me down
Tongue pushing me around
Where am I? The MOUTH

It's a muscular tube
Where you swallow your food
Mucus helps me move
Where am I? The ESOPHAGUS

I land in an organ sack
Digestive juices attack
Mixing me into muck
Where am I? The STOMACH

When you eat healthy food
Nutrients are absorbed
Moving through this tube, dude
Where am I? The SMALL INTESTINE

Water is removed
Making solid waste
You wouldn't like the taste
Where am I? The LARGE INTESTINE

The trip was very fun
Now my job is done
It's the end of the run
Where am I? The RECTUM

I started in the mouth, then went down the esophagus
Landed in the stomach alright
Pushed through the small and large intestines
Finished in the rectum last night

Where did I go? (Now I know), I helped a small child to grow
Where did I go? (Now I know), I helped a small child to grow
Where did I go? (Now I know), I helped a small child to grow