A stoma is an opening created in the wall of the abdomen during surgery that allows waste to leave the body if you can't have a bowel movement through the rectum. Waste is passed into a pouch ...

A highly magnified video of single stoma opening and closing on a leaf of a Tradescantia spathacea plant, commonly known as a boat lily. Content is created and owned by Douglas Clark and used with ...

Read about the creation of a guide to sexual intimacy for people with stomas, led by specialist stoma nurse Kyle Waring.

The stoma is opening and closing in response to changing levels of carbon dioxide and humidity. Animated GIF of a plant stoma opening and closing. A video of a tiny plant stoma opening and closing.

This is the basis for the opening and closing of a stoma, known as stomatal movement, which controls gas exchange necessary for photosynthesis and limits water loss. How do guard cells change ...

Irritant dermatitis and mechanical dermatitis cases can often be resolved by resizing the opening on the stoma pouches, creating a flat peristomal skin surface using topical skin barriers ...

An international research team led by researchers at VIB-UGent has unraveled how the opening and closing of stomata—tiny pores on leaves—is regulated in response to high temperatures and drought.

[4] The application of these products affects the adhesion of the stoma equipment. One way to avoid this problem is to apply a topical steroid cream under occlusion by a hydrocolloid or other ...