| A | B |
|---|
| anal sphincters | ring-shaped bands of muscles in the anus |
| appliance | collection bag over a stoma |
| colostomy | opening to some portion of the colon |
| constipation | condition iin which dry, hard stool is hard to pass |
| continent ostomy | surgically created opening in which liquid stool or urine is removed by siphoing |
| defecation | bowel elimination |
| diarrhea | urgent passage of watery stools |
| enema | introduction of a solution into the rectum |
| enterostomal therapist | a nurse certified in caring for ostomies and related skin problems |
| excoriation | chemical skin injury |
| fecal impaction | condition in which it is impossible to pass feces |
| fecal incontinence | inabliity to control elimination of stool |
| feces | stool |
| flatulence | accumulation of intestinal gas |
| flatus | gas formed in the intestine released from the rectum |
| gastrocolic reflex | increased peristalic activity |
| ileostomy | surgically created opening to the ileum |
| ostomy | surgically created opening |
| persitalsis | rhythmic contractions of gastrointestinal smooth muscle |
| retention enema | solution held temporarily in the large intestine |
| stoma | entrance to a surgically created opening |
| suppository | medicated oval or cone-shaped mass |
| Valsalva maneuver | act of closing the glottis and contracting the pelvic and abdominal muscles to increase abdominal pressure |
