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Bowel
Bowel & Elimination key words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anus | Opening at the end of anal canal. |
| Bowel Incontinence | The inability of the anal sphincter to control the discharge of fecal and gaseous material. |
| Bowel Training Program | Program that manipulates factors within a person's control (timing of defecation, exercise, diet) to produce a regular pattern of comfortable defecation without medication or enemas. |
| Cathartics | Medication that strongly increases gastrointestinal motility and promotes defecation. |
| Chyme | Semifluid state that food is in when it leaves the stomach. |
| Colostomy | An opening into the colon that permits feces to exit through the stoma. |
| Constipation | Passage of dry, hard fecal material. |
| Defecation | Emptying of the intestinal tract; synonym for bowel movement. |
| Diarrhea | Passage of liquid and unformed stools. |
| Endoscopy | Direct visualization of hollow organs of the body using an endoscope (a flexible, lighted tube). |
| Enema | Introduction of solution into the lower bowel. |
| Fecal impaction | Collection in the rectum of hardened feces that cannot be passed. |
| Fecal incontinence | Involuntary or inappropriate passing of stool or flatus. |
| Feces | Intestinal waste products. |
| Fissure | A linear break on the margin of the anus. |
| Flatulence | Excessive formation of gasses in the GI tract. |
| Flatus | Intestinal gas. |
| Hematochezia | The passage of bright red bloody stools usually indicating bleeding in the large intestine. |
| Hemorrhoids | Abnormally distended rectal veins. |
| Hypertonic | Having a greater osmotic pressure than a reference solution, which is ordinarily assumed to be blood plasma or interstitial fluid; more specifically refers to a fluid in which cells would shrink. |
| Hypotonic | Having a greater osmotic pressure than a reference solution, which is ordinarily assumed to be blood plasma or interstitial fluid; more specifically refers to a fluid in which cells would swell. |
| Ileostomy | Opening into the small intestine allows fecal content from the ileum to be eliminated through the stoma. |
| Large Intestine | Primary organ of bowel elimination, the lower or distal part of the GI tract. |
| Laxative | Drug used to induce emptying of the intestinal tract. |
| Mastication | The act of chewing. |
| Occult blood | Blood present in such minute quantities that it cannot be detected with the unassisted eye. |
| Ostomy | General term referring to an artificial opening; usually used to refer to an opening created for the excretion of body wastes. |
| Paralytic ileus | Paralysis of intestinal peristalsis. |
| Peristalsis | Involuntary, progressive, wave-like movement of the musculature of the GI tract. |
| Small intestine | Made up of the duodenum, jejunum and the ileum. Secretes enzymes that digest proteins and carbs. Responsible for digestion of food and absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream. |
| Stoma | Artificial opening for waste excretion located on the body surface. |
| Stomach | Hollow, J-shaped muscular organ located in the left upper portion of the abdomen. Stores food during eating. |
| Stool | Excreted feces |
| Suppository | Oval or cone-shaped substance that is inserted into a body cavity that melts at body temperature. |
| Valsalva maneuver | Forcible exhalation against a closed glottis, resulting in increased intrathoracic pressure. |
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