Stoma (medicine)
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stoma-medicine-312-1839923
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Stoma (medicine)
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In anatomy, a stoma is any opening in the body. For example, a mouth, a nose, and an anus are natural stomata. Any hollow organ can be manipulated into an artificial stoma as necessary. This includes the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, ileum, colon, pleural cavity, ureters, urinary bladder, and renal pelvis. Such a stoma may be permanent or temporary. Surgical procedures that involve the creation of an artificial stoma have names that typically end with the suffix "-ostomy", and the same names are
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Opening in the body
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoma_(medicine)
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2024-02-15T17:24:43Z
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