FECALYSIS Flashcards
waste product of digestive system
stool
stool is expelled from the body during?
defecation through anus
describe healthy stool
soft and brownish in color
the word feces came from
Latin word FAEX that means residue
human feces is also called as
stool
study of feces
Scatology or corpology
A new born’s feces
Meconium
produces strong odor and flatus
bacterial metabolism
It leads to excessive gas production
Lactose intolerance
Physiology (Fecalysis examination)
Bacterial metabolism
small intestine
Digestive enzymes
major site for final breakdown and reabsorption of materials
Small intestine
Enumerate the digestive enzymes
Trypsin
Chymotrypsin
Aminopeptidase
Lipase
what happens in the large intestine
Final reabsorption process
2 most commonly used preservatives of stool
10% aquaeous formalin
PVA (polyvinyl-alcohol)
STOOL: Black
Upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding
Iron therapy
Bismuth