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Bowel Elimination and Care

Across
The voluntary control is lost.
The outlet of the stomach.
The mouth of the ostomy
Stretching of my walls to accommodate the fecal mass.
Microorganisms are allowed to grow disproportionately when the good bacteria is killed by medication such as antibiotics
Loss of appetite.
Tap water, normal saline, soapsuds, hypertonic sodium phosphate, oil retention, medicated, milk and molasses
A rhythmic wavelike movements that help pass food.
I check for blood in the stool.
The muscular wall of the colon weakens and separates, allowing small pouches or pockets of the inner wall to protrude outward.
Less frequent, hard, formed stools that are difficult to pass.
Down
Unable to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and other diary products.
The ileum in the small intestine
Blockage of the movement of feces through the intestine by mass of a very hard stool.
A part of the small intestine. Stools are usually liquid because water is not absorbed.
Bacteria interacting with chyme causes me.
Where most water absorption occurs
A pouch that traps fecal material and becomes inflamed with diverticulosis.
Inflamed pouches or pockets of the inner wall that protrudes outward.
Caused by bacterial or viral infections or by Croh's disease.
Diarrhea from emotional problems and causes increased peristalsis and intestinal mucus production
Stool that appears fluffy, floats on water and has a foul odor is due to abnormally high content of undigested fat.
A persistent desire to empty the bowel when no feces is present, causing ineffective straining efforts.
Several liquid or watery stools per day.
A part of the large intestine or colon.