Digestive Flashcards
Ingestion Vs Digestion
Ingestion: taking in food
Digestion: turning food into fuel through mechanical and physical digestion
Egestion: discarding waste (poop)
Accessory Organs
Liver - makes and secretes bile, processed blood with new nutrients
Gallbladder - creates bile to aid in digestion
Pancreas - makes enzymes for digestion
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Contemplation and diarrhea, laxatives
Crohn’s Disease
Affects lining of intestine, antibiotics, surgery
Ulcerative Colitis
Type of IBS, affects lining of colon, refrained bleeding, weight loss, abdominal pain
Ostomies
Surgically made opening from inside of organ to outside of body (stoma)
Stoma bag and adhesive to catch fecal matter
Diarrhea prone and electrolyte imbalance
Colostomy
Opening from colon
Ileostomy
Small intestine (ileum), feces bypass rest of digestive tract - liquidy
Healthy Ostomy
Red and moist
No rash, inflammation or ulceration
Ostomy Maintenance
Clean skin with water, change adhesive when necessary, track bowel movements