Flatus refers to what?

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Flatus refers to what?

Flatus refers to gas within the digestive tract, the gas that is produced by digestion and bacterial fermentation and then passed as flatulence. This distinguishes it from chyme, which is the semi-liquid mass of partly digested food in the stomach and intestines; bulging pouches in the GI tract are diverticula; and a surgical opening of the ileum is an ileostomy. Flatus can be odorless or have an odor depending on the gases present, especially sulfur-containing compounds.

Flatus refers to gas within the digestive tract, the gas that is produced by digestion and bacterial fermentation and then passed as flatulence. This distinguishes it from chyme, which is the semi-liquid mass of partly digested food in the stomach and intestines; bulging pouches in the GI tract are diverticula; and a surgical opening of the ileum is an ileostomy. Flatus can be odorless or have an odor depending on the gases present, especially sulfur-containing compounds.

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