An examination of the large bowel with a camera on a flexible tube (endoscope), which is passed through the anus.

A tube placed into a blocked organ to create a passage for substances to pass through….

The rigid or flexible tube used during a sigmoidoscopy….

The long, tube-shaped organ in the abdomen that is part of the digestive tract. The bowel has two parts: the small and large bowel. The large bowel includes the colon and the rectum.

A hollow, flexible tube through which fluids can be passed into the body or drained from it.

The tube that carries food from the throat into the stomach. Sometimes called the gullet….

A tracheostomy tube with an opening to allow air to flow through the voice box.

Involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurised room or tube.

An internal examination of the nose and upper airways using a long, flexible tube called an endoscope….

The throat. This is a muscular tube about 10cm long that extends from the back of the nose to the top of the larynx and oesophagus….