How to Care for Your Stoma. You'll change it a few times a day. Try to do that when the pouch is only a third full to prevent leaks, which can irritate your skin.

The stoma can measure from 1 to 1 1/2 inches around. Unlike your anus , the stoma has no sphincter muscle (the muscles that control bowel movements ), so most people cannot control the exit of waste.

A neuron with two processes (one axon and one dendrite) arising from the stoma is called a bipolar neuron. A neuron with one projection that includes both the dendrite and the axon is described as ...

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis ...