Chapter 49 Med Terms

Question 1

Loss of voluntary ability to control fecal and gaseous discharges through the anal sphincter

Answer 1

Bowel incontinence or fecal incontinence

Question 2

An agent that promotes the passage of flatus from the colon

Answer 2

Carminatives

Question 3

Drugs that induce defection

Answer 3

Cathartics

Question 4

Contents of the colon

Answer 4

Chyme

Question 5

A temporary or permanent opening into the colon (large bowel) to divert and drain fecal material

Answer 5

Colostomy

Question 6

A portable chair with a toilet seat and a receptacle underneath that can be emptied; often used for adult client who is able to get out of bed but is unable to walk to the bathroom

Answer 6

Commode

Question 7

Passage of small, dry, hard stool or passage of no stool for a period of time

Answer 7

Constipation

Question 8

Expulsion of feces from the anus and rectum

Answer 8

Defecation

Question 9

Defecation of liquid feces and increased frequency of defecation

Answer 9

Diarrhea

Question 10

Used most often as a treatment for constipation, it distended the intestine and sometimes irritates the intestinal mucosa, thereby increasing peristalsis and the excretion of feces and flatus

Answer 10

Enema

Question 11

A mass or collection of hardened, putty- like feces in the folds of the rectum

Answer 11

Fecal impaction

Question 12

Excreted waste products; also called stool

Answer 12

Feces or stool

Question 13

The presence of excessive amounts of gas in the stomach or intestines

Answer 13

Flatulence

Question 14

Gas or air present in the stomach or intestines

Answer 14

Flatus

Question 15

Increased peristalsis of the colon after food has entered the stomach

Answer 15

Gastrocolic reflex

Question 16

An opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach

Answer 16

Gastronomy

Question 17

Pouches that form in the large intestine when the longitudinal muscles are shorter than the colon

Answer 17

Haustra

Question 18

(Shuffling) movement of the chyme back and forth within the haustra in the large intestine

Answer 18

Haustral churning

Question 19

Distended veins in the rectum

Answer 19

Hemorrhoids

Question 20

A colostomy that generally empties from the distal end of the small intestine

Answer 20

Ileostomy

Question 21

The act of taking in food or medication

Answer 21

Ingestion

Question 22

A tube that is placed surgically or by laparoscopy through the abdominal wall into the jejunum for long term nutritional support

Answer 22

Jejunostomy

Question 23

Medications that stimulate bowel activity and assist feces elimination

Answer 23

Laxatives

Question 24

Involves a wave of powerful muscular contraction that moves over large areas of the colon; usually occurs after eating

Answer 24

Mass peristalsis

Question 25

The first fecal material passed by a newborn, normally up to 24 hours after birth

Answer 25

Meconium

Question 26

An opening on the abdominal wall for the elimination of feces or Urine

Answer 26

Ostomy

Question 27

Wavelike movements produced by circular and longitudinal muscle fibers of the intestinal walls; the movement propels the intestinal contents onward

Answer 27

Peristalsis

Question 28

An opening created in the abdominal wall by and ostomy

Answer 28

Stoma

Question 29

Solid, cone-shaped, medicated substances inserted into the rectum, vagina, or urethra

Answer 29

Suppository

Question 30

A receptacle for urine and feces

Answer 30

Bedpan