BOWEL ELIMINATION LATEST FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
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✔✔peristalsis - ✔✔involuntary contractions that move food through the gastrointestinal
system
✔✔constipation - ✔✔inability to eliminate stool
✔✔enema - ✔✔is a specific amount of water with or without an additive, that is
produced into the colon to stimulate the elimination of stool
✔✔suppository - ✔✔medication given rectally to cause a bowel movement
✔✔fecal impaction - ✔✔hard stool that is stuck in the rectum and cannot be expelled
✔✔hemorrhoids - ✔✔enlarged veins in the rectum that my also be visible outside the
anus
✔✔diarrhea - ✔✔frequent elimination of liquid or semi-liquid feces
✔✔fecal incontinence - ✔✔the inability to control the bowels, leading to an involuntary
passage of stool
, ✔✔flatulence - ✔✔flatus, gas is air in the intestine that passed through the rectum,
which can result in cramping or abdominal pain
✔✔lactose intolerance - ✔✔inability to digest lactose, type of sugar founding milk and
other dairy products
✔✔colitis - ✔✔irritable bowel syndrome, chronic form of stomach upset gets worse with
stress
✔✔malabsorption - ✔✔body cannot absorb or digest a particular nutrient properly it is
often accompanied by diarrhea
✔✔Gastroesophageal reflux disease - ✔✔chronic condition which liquid contents of the
stomach back up into the esophagus
✔✔heartburn - ✔✔result of a wearing of sphincter muscle that joins the esophagus and
the stomach
✔✔ulceration - ✔✔untreated heartburn that remains untreated and causes scarring
✔✔peptic ulcers - ✔✔raw sores in the stomach or small intestine
✔✔ulcerative colitis - ✔✔chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine
✔✔stoma - ✔✔artificial opening through the abdomen
✔✔colorectal cancer - ✔✔is cancer of the gastrointestinal tract
✔✔occult - ✔✔hidden or difficult to see or observe
✔✔ostomy - ✔✔surgical creation of an opening from an area inside the body to the
outside
✔✔ureterostomy - ✔✔ureter is opened to the abdomen for urine to be eliminated
✔✔colostomy - ✔✔surgically created opening into the large intestine to allow stool to be
expelled
✔✔ileostomy - ✔✔surgically created opening into the end of the small intestine to allow
stool to be expelled
✔✔ T/F) Defecation is the process of passing feces from the large intestine out of the
body - ✔✔T
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
(
✔✔peristalsis - ✔✔involuntary contractions that move food through the gastrointestinal
system
✔✔constipation - ✔✔inability to eliminate stool
✔✔enema - ✔✔is a specific amount of water with or without an additive, that is
produced into the colon to stimulate the elimination of stool
✔✔suppository - ✔✔medication given rectally to cause a bowel movement
✔✔fecal impaction - ✔✔hard stool that is stuck in the rectum and cannot be expelled
✔✔hemorrhoids - ✔✔enlarged veins in the rectum that my also be visible outside the
anus
✔✔diarrhea - ✔✔frequent elimination of liquid or semi-liquid feces
✔✔fecal incontinence - ✔✔the inability to control the bowels, leading to an involuntary
passage of stool
, ✔✔flatulence - ✔✔flatus, gas is air in the intestine that passed through the rectum,
which can result in cramping or abdominal pain
✔✔lactose intolerance - ✔✔inability to digest lactose, type of sugar founding milk and
other dairy products
✔✔colitis - ✔✔irritable bowel syndrome, chronic form of stomach upset gets worse with
stress
✔✔malabsorption - ✔✔body cannot absorb or digest a particular nutrient properly it is
often accompanied by diarrhea
✔✔Gastroesophageal reflux disease - ✔✔chronic condition which liquid contents of the
stomach back up into the esophagus
✔✔heartburn - ✔✔result of a wearing of sphincter muscle that joins the esophagus and
the stomach
✔✔ulceration - ✔✔untreated heartburn that remains untreated and causes scarring
✔✔peptic ulcers - ✔✔raw sores in the stomach or small intestine
✔✔ulcerative colitis - ✔✔chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine
✔✔stoma - ✔✔artificial opening through the abdomen
✔✔colorectal cancer - ✔✔is cancer of the gastrointestinal tract
✔✔occult - ✔✔hidden or difficult to see or observe
✔✔ostomy - ✔✔surgical creation of an opening from an area inside the body to the
outside
✔✔ureterostomy - ✔✔ureter is opened to the abdomen for urine to be eliminated
✔✔colostomy - ✔✔surgically created opening into the large intestine to allow stool to be
expelled
✔✔ileostomy - ✔✔surgically created opening into the end of the small intestine to allow
stool to be expelled
✔✔ T/F) Defecation is the process of passing feces from the large intestine out of the
body - ✔✔T
