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Chapter 19
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Auscultation | Listening to the internal sounds of the body |
| Barium | Bulky, fine white powder, without odor or taste and free from grittiness; used as a contrast medium in radiography of the digestive tract |
| Bedpan | Vessel for receiving the urinary and fecal discharges of a patient unable to leave his or her bed |
| Colitis | Inflammation of the lining of the colon |
| Colonoscopy | Endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a charge-coupled device camera or a fiberoptic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus |
| Colostomy | Surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body; also used to refer to the opening, or stoma, that is created |
| Defecation | Evacuation of fecal material from the intestines |
| Emesis Basin | Kidney-shaped vessel for the collection of vomitus |
| Enema | Liquid injected or to be injected into the rectum |
| Enterostomal Therapist | Health professional (usually a nurse) with special training and certification in the care of ostomies and related concerns |
| Flatus | Gas or air evacuated through the anus |
| Fowler Position | Position in which the patient's head is raised 18 or 20 inches above the flat position; the knees are also raised |
| Hydration | Term used to indicate that a liquid substance contains water |
| Loopogram | The radiographic evaluation of the small and large bowel that has been connected to the skin surface as a substitute for the urinary bladder with an ostomy |
| Low-Residue Diet | Diet that gives the least possible fecal residue, such as gelatin, sucrose, dextrose, broth, and rice |
| Lumen | Cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ (plural, lumina) |
| Nasogastric (NG) Tubes | Tubes of soft rubber or plastic inserted through a nostril and into the stomach |
| Ostomate | One who has undergone enterostomy or ureterostomy |
| Perineum | Region between the thighs bound in the male by the scrotum and anus and in the female by the vulva and anus |
| Purgation | Catharsis: relief of fecal matter affected by a cathartic |
| Sigmoidoscopy | Procedure used to see inside the sigmoid colon and rectum with a flexible tube that has a camera on the end and is placed through the anus |
| Sims' Position | Position in which the patient lies on the left side with the right knee and thigh flexed and the left arm parallel along the back |
| Stoma | Opening established in the abdominal wall by colostomy, ileostomy, and so forth |
| Urinal | Vessel or other receptacle for urine |
| Virtual Colonoscopy | It is performed on a multislice computed tomography scanner that takes up to 600 two-dimensional and three-dimensional images of the colon in approximately 30 seconds |
| Viscosity | Physical property of liquids that determines the internal resistance to shear forces |
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