| A | B |
|---|
| bowel elimination | process of emptying the colon of feces |
| feces | stool |
| constipation | inability to have a bowel movement |
| effects bowel movements | diet, fluid intake, medication |
| fecal impaction | unrelieved constipation.hard stool stuck in the rectum |
| hemorrhoids | enlarged veins in the rectum |
| fecal incontience | inability to control the bowels |
| flatus or flatulence | air in the intestine that is passed through the rectum |
| do this to promote bowel elimination | provide privacy |
| During an emema, resident must be in this position | Sims |
| ostomy | opening from an area inside the body to the outside |
| Hemoccult test kit | used for testing a stool specimen for occult blood |
