What Happens to Food in Your Stomach? A Digestion Song

Where does Ola’s bite of cheese sandwich go? At the picnic, she chews and swallows it A make-believe mini camera follows Muscle waves push it down the esophagus The camera glides down the soft tunnel And reaches the stretchy stomach pouch Stomach walls squeeze, rock, and mix the food Round and round the pieces go Muscle waves keep everything moving The food breaks down little by little Gastric juice swirls around the pieces It makes the space inside acidic Enzymes help break food down step by step They work especially on proteins More squeezing makes a semi-liquid mix Stomach walls squeeze, rock, and mix the food Round and round the pieces go Muscle waves keep everything moving The food breaks down little by little The muscle gate opens just a little Small portions of the mixture pass through And move into the small intestine Stomach walls squeeze, rock, and mix the food Round and round the pieces go Muscle waves keep everything moving The food breaks down little by little Ola plays while digestion carries on Her body keeps it going on its own