Digestive System Complete Study Guide (English
& Afaan Oromo)
English: The digestive system breaks food into nutrients that the body can absorb and use for
energy, growth, and repair.
Afaan Oromo: Sirni nyaata caccabsuu nyaata gara qaamni xuuxuu fi humna, guddina, fi suphaa
qaamaaf fayyadamu danda'utti jijjiira.
Key Definitions / Hiikoota Ijoo
1. Digestive System
English: Group of organs that digest food.
Afaan Oromo: Walitti qabama qaamota nyaata caccabsan.
2. Ingestion
English: Taking food into the mouth.
Afaan Oromo: Nyaata afaaniin fudhachuu.
3. Digestion
English: Breaking food into simpler substances.
Afaan Oromo: Nyaata gara wantoota salphaatti caccabsuu.
4. Absorption
English: Taking nutrients into blood.
Afaan Oromo: Nyaata caccabee dhiigatti dabarsuu.
5. Stomach
English: Stores food and starts protein digestion.
Afaan Oromo: Garaachi nyaata kuusa; pirootiinii caccabsuu jalqaba.
6. Small Intestine
English: Main site of digestion and absorption.
Afaan Oromo: Bakka guddaan nyaatni itti caccabuu fi xuuxamu.
7. Liver
English: Produces bile.
Afaan Oromo: Bile oomisha.
8. Pancreas
English: Produces digestive enzymes.
Afaan Oromo: Enzaayimota nyaata caccabsan oomisha.
9. Large Intestine
English: Absorbs water and forms feces.
Afaan Oromo: Bishaan xuuxa; faeces uumuu keessatti hirmaata.
Short Notes / Yaadannoo Gabaabaa
• Food enters through the mouth, passes through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large
intestine, rectum, and anus.
• Saliva contains amylase which begins starch digestion.
• Pepsin digests proteins in the stomach.
• Bile helps digestion of fats.
• Villi increase the surface area for absorption.
Practice Questions (English)
1. What is digestion?
2. Name the four types of teeth.
3. What is the function of bile?
4. Where does most absorption occur?
5. What is peristalsis?
Answers
1. Breakdown of complex food into simpler substances.
2. Incisors, canines, premolars, molars.
3. It helps digest fats.
4. In the small intestine.
5. Wave-like muscular movement pushing food through the alimentary canal.
Gaaffii fi Deebii (Afaan Oromo)
1. Digestion jechuun maal jedhu?
2. Gosoonni ilkaanii afur maal fa’i?
3. Bileen hojii maalii qaba?
4. Nyaatni baay’inaan eessatti xuuxama?
5. Peristalsis jechuun maal jechuudha?
Deebii
1. Nyaata walxaxaa gara salphaatti caccabsuu.
2. Incisors, Canines, Premolars, Molars.
3. Cooma caccabsuuf gargaara.
4. Mar’ummaa xiqqaa keessatti.
5. Sochii muruqaa dambalii fakkaatu.