NUR 1175 Exam 3
- the primary organ of bowel elimination
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large intestine
- contains feces ready for excretion
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sigmoid colon
- length of small intestine
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20 plus feet
- primary site for absorption of nutrients, if the length of this organ is short- ened there is less
absorption of nutrients
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small intestine
- continues to process chyme from the stomach
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duodenum 1 / 4
- absorbs CHO and proteins
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jejunum
- absorbs water, fats, and bile salts
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ileum
- length of large intestine
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- feet
- why should clients with cardiovascular disease, glaucoma, increased in- tracranial pressure,
surgical wounds, and elevated blood pressure avoid straining
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to avoid a Valsalva maneuver
- pressure that stimulates the parasympathetic and will cause the heart rate to drop
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Valsalva maneuver
- the emptying of the large intestine
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defaction
- normal color of stool for infants
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yellow-brown
- normal color stool for children and adults
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brown
- foods injested, indole and skat from fermentation in the lower inststinal tract, and pH
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gives stool odor
- consistantly large diarrheal stools suggest a disorder in
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small bowel or proximal colon
- small frequent stools with urgency to pass them suggest a disorder in
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the left colon or rectum
- can be a result of intestinal bleeding 3 / 4
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black stool
- a thick black tarry stool cause by upper GI bleeding
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melena
- red meet and dark green vegetables cause stool to be
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dark
- a diet high in milk, milk products, and low in meat causes stool to be
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light brown
- thinned stool is due to
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rapid peristalsis
- abnormal constituents in stool
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blood, pus, excessive fat, parasites, ova, mucus
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