Test 2: Terms/Spelling Flashcards
rheum
eye mucus
umbilicus
belly button
cerumen
earwax
mastication
to grind/chew
peristalsis
aid which is contraction that propels people food thorugh GI tract
bolus
food after it is chewed
flatus
gas
feces
waste products
defecation
discharge of feces from body
constipation
a symptom, not a disease
fewer than 3/week and >25% cause straining
fecal impaction
results from unrelieved constipation
collection of hardened stool
flatulence
accumulation of gas in GI tract, streatches walls
diarrhea
increased in number of stools, decreased passage of liquid unformed feces.
fecal incontinence
inability to control passage of feces & gas to anus
hemorrhoids
dialated, engorged vein in lining of the rectum
stoma
temporary or perminent opening of intestine through abdomin wall.
ostomy
surgical opening of stoma
colostomy
surgical procedure brings one end of inteines out of abdominal wall
nosocomial
hospital acquired infeciton
phimosis
inability to retract the distal foreskin over peinis
paraphimosis
never event
inability to retract foreskin that was previously retracted
hematemesis
vomiting of blood
melena
passage of black tarry stool
hematochezia
passage of frank (bright red) stool from anus or mixed stool
lithotomy position
one which women have babies in, get pericare, etc…
smegma
secretion of sebacious glands.
eye mucus
rheum
belly button
umbilicus
earwax
cerumen
chewing, grinding of food
mastication
aid which contraction that propels food through GI tract
peristalsis
food after it has left mouth and travels down GI tract
bolus
fart/gas
flatus
bowel waste products
feces
discharge of feces
defecation
a symptom not a disease, fewer than 3 defecations a week, >25% causes straining
constipation
results from unrelieved constipation
impaction
incrase in number of stools, decrease passage of formed stool, it’s liquid
diarrhea
inability to control passage of feces and or gas
incontinence
accumulation of gas in GI tract, causes streating
flatulence
dialated, engorged veins in lining of the rectum
hemarrhoid
temporary or perminent opening of intestine through abdomin wall
stoma
surgical procedure brings one end of GI tract outside of abdomin wall to route shit
colostomy
hospital acquired disease
nosocomial
inability to retract the distal foreskin over penis gland
phimosis
it is a never event, inability to retract distal foreskin over prenis glad when it was once retractable
paraphimosis
vomiting of blood
hematemesis
passage of black tarry stool
melena
passage of frank (bright red) bloody stool, or as mixed stool
hematochezia
position in which women are put into while having a baby, or when a woman is getting pericare
lithotomy position
secretion of sebaceous gland
smegma