The Large Intestine Song | KLT Anatomy

Welcome to the NEW channel for KLT Anatomy - the one source for the best educational music videos and songs to help you learn about human anatomy and so much more! Watch our other channels for more fun videos! #heart LYRICS I am your Large Intestine Though I’m shorter than your small I’m called your large intestine due to my my expanded walls I’m made up of ten different parts All connected into one We’ll start at the tip of your Appendix It’s attached to your Cecum The next part of my tubular shape is the Ascending Colon Which leads to the Hepatic Flexure So your learning in this song Your Transverse Colon runs across your entire abdomen Then turns at your Splenic Flexure onto the Descending Colon Your curved S-shaped Sigmoid Colon leads to your Rectum Which is where your fecal matter meets your Anus in your bum I am your Large Intestine Though I’m shorter than your small I’m called your large intestine due to my my expanded walls Let me tell you how I work and a little bit about me I’m only five feet in length But I am wide which is why I’m called large see My most important job is absorbing water from your chyme If I didn’t perform this function you’d have loose stools all the time Millions of bacteria do live inside of me An important one is E-coli Its job is very key E-coli breaks down all the chyme that your body can’t digest And Produces vitamin-K that regulates blood clotting at best Another important job that your Large Intestine has to play Yeah...