This is Gary the grape. Gary is curious about where he goes in the human body. Would you like to join his journey?

Jerry is a man who is quite hungry for a grape. Let's see what happens when he puts Gary the grape in his mouth.

Gary arrives at the first step of the digestive system: the mouth. The mouth is made up of the teeth, tongue, and a gland known as the salivary glands, which are known to make your spit. Your teeth are known to be a form of breaking down food that is called mechanical digestion. This means that the food is broken down physically using your teeth to chew and munch on the food you eat.

The Mouth

The Esophagus

The second stage of Gary's journey is down the esophagus. From the top to the bottom of the esophagus, there are three parts: the cervical, thoracic, and abdominal esophagus. This tube helps bring food down from the mouth into the stomach to begin the job of digestion.

The Stomach

Gary's journey continues into the stomach, the organ in which it has the biggest job in the digestive system. The stomach is made of a fundus, a body, an antrum, and a pylorus. The stomach is known to be extremely acidic and for storing food for a small amount of time. So Gary the grape will only be here for a short time before he moves onto the small and large intestines.

The Small and Large Intestine

After the stomach, Gary travels into the small intestine before the large intestine. The small intestine is made up of the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum. Its purpose is to absorb many of the nutrients from food and to send it into your bloodstream to turn into energy. The small intestine is part of the other form of digestion, known as chemical digestion. Chemical digestion is where the molecules of food in your body are broken down, instead of food being physically broken down. The next organ that Gary will travel through is the large intestine. The parts for these include the cecum, colon, rectum, and the anal canal. The large intestine absorbs the water nutrients from the food in which the small intestine cannot.

The Anus

The anus is the final organ in the digestive system journey. It's job is to eliminate and remove the compacted solid wastes out of the body, also known as your feces. It is located at the end of the rectum, with an anorectal line separating the two.