reservoir /re·ser·voir/ (rez´er-vwahr)
continent ileal reservoir,
1. a storage place or cavity.
2. cistern.
3. an alternate host or passive carrier of a pathogenic organism.
continent ileal reservoir
1. a valved intra-abdominal pouch that maintains continence of the feces and is emptied by a catheter when full.
2. a neobladder made from a section of ileum.
continent urinary reservoir neobladder.
ileoanal reservoir a pouch for the retention of feces, formed by suturing together multiple limbs of ileum and connected to the anus by an ileal conduit; used with colectomy to maintain continence in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. 
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Pecquet's reservoir cisterna chyli.
continent ileal reservoir,
an intraabdominal pouch having a volume of at least 500 mL and a valve created from a portion of the ileum, pulled through the stoma, and lying flat against the abdominal wall. It maintains continence of feces and is emptied by a catheter when full. See also continent ileostomy .
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