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32 Cards in this Set
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Solid, cone shaped medicated substances inserted into the rectum vagina or urethra
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Suppositories
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Same as feces
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Stool
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An artificial openins in the abdominal wall; it may be permanent or temporary
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Stoma
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Wavelike movements produced by circular and longitudinal muscle fibers of the intestinal walls; the movement propels the intestinal contents onward
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Peristalsis
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A suffix denoting the fomration of an opening or outlet such as an opening on the abdominal wall for the elimination of feces or urine
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Ostomy
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The first fecal marterial passed by the newborn, normally up to 24 hours after birth
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Meconium
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Involves a wave of powerful muscular contraction that moves over large areas of the colon; usually occurs after eating
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Mass peristalsis
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Medications that stimulate bowel activity and assist fecal elimination
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Laxitives
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An opening through the abdominal wall into the jejunum
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Jejunostomy
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The act of taking in food or medication
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Ingestion
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An opening into the illeum(small bowel)
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Ileostomy
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Shuffling movement of the chyme back and forth within the haustra in the large intestine
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Haustral Churning
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Distended veins in the rectum
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Hemorrhoids
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Poches that form in the large intestines when the longitudinal muscles are shorter than the colon
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Haustra
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An opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach
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Gastrostomy
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Increased peristalsis of the colon aftert food has entered the stomach
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Gastocolic reflex
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Gas or air normally prestent in teh stomach or intestines
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Flatus
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The presence of excessive amounts of gas in the stomach or intestines
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Flatulence
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Stool, body wast and undigested food eliminated from the bowel
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Feces
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Same as bowel incontinence
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Fecal incontinence
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A mass or collection of hardened putty like feces in the folds of the rectum
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Fecal impaction
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A solution introduced into the rectum and sigmoid colon to remove feces and or flatus
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Enema
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Defecation of liquid feces and increased frequency of defecation
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Diarrhea
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Expulsion of feces fromt eh recutom and anus
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Defecation
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Passage of small, dry, hard stool or passage of no stool for an abnormally long time
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Constipation
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A portable, chairlike structure used as a toliet
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Commode
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An opening into the colon (large bowel)
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Colonstomy
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Digested products that leave the stomach through teh small intestine and then pass through the ileocecal valve
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Chyme
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Drugs that induce defecation
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Cathartics
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An agent that promotes the passages of flatus from the colon
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Carminatives
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Loss of voluntary ability to contol fecal and gaseous discharges through the anal sphincter
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Bowel incontinence
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A receptacle for urine and feces for clients who are restricted to teh bed
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Bed pan
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