FIBEROPTIC-ENDOSCOPE

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FIBEROPTIC-ENDOSCOPE

Definition: thin, flexible instrument used to view the inside of an organ or body cavity. It can have a light and an optical system, as well as the capacity to take pictures. It can be inserted through a body opening or through a small surgical incision. Small amounts of tissue can be removed for biopsy.

Conceptual Structures
ISA	ENDOSCOPE
ANCESTORS	ALL ARTIFACT DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ENDOSCOPE INANIMATE MEDICAL-DEVICE OBJECT PHYSICAL-OBJECT SEPARABLE-ENTITY
RELATIONS	INSTRUMENT-OF : FIBEROPTIC-ENDOSCOPY SIGMOIDOSCOPY FIBEROPTIC-BRONCHOSCOPY PHARYNGOSCOPY
INHERITED RELATIONS	CONTAINED-IN : PHYSICAL-OBJECT (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) MANUFACTURED-CONTAINER (by default) (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) ELEMENT-OF : DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED (from ARTIFACT ) HAS-ELEMENT : ARTIFACT (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ) LOCATION : HEALTH-CARE-ORGANIZATION (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ) MADE-OF : METAL (from DEVICE ) PLASTIC (from DEVICE ) OBJECT-NAME : NAME (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) OPERATED-BY : PHYSICIAN (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ) OWNED-BY : HUMAN (from ARTIFACT ) PART-OF : ARTIFACT (from ARTIFACT ) PRODUCT-TYPE-OF : ORGANIZATION (from ARTIFACT ) THEME-OF : EVENT (from DEVICE ) USED-IN : BRONCHOSCOPY (from ENDOSCOPE ) USED-IN-THE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : DISEASE-EVENT (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ) USED-IN-THE-TREATMENT-OF : HAVE-NEOPLASM (from MEDICAL-DEVICE )
INHERITED ATTRIBUTES	AGE : >=0 (from ARTIFACT ) COLOR : GRAY (from ARTIFACT ) MAGENTA (from ARTIFACT ) TAN (from ARTIFACT ) GREEN (from ARTIFACT ) CYAN (from ARTIFACT ) RED (from ARTIFACT ) BLUE (from ARTIFACT ) ORANGE (from ARTIFACT ) YELLOW (from ARTIFACT ) PURPLE (from ARTIFACT ) HEIGHT : >0 (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ) PRODUCTION-MODE : MECHANICAL (from ARTIFACT ) AUTOMATED (from ARTIFACT ) MANUAL (from ARTIFACT ) SIZE : >0 (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ) VISUALIZATION-TYPE : ON SCREEN (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED ) WIDTH : >0 (from DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED )