Nutrients, either a special liquid formula or pureed food, are delivered to a patient through a tube directly into the gastrointestinal tract, usually into the stomach or small intestine.
Gavage is the medical term meaning process of feeding through a nasogastric tube into the stomach.
gastrotomyA g-tube or gastrostomy tube is a surgical placed feeding tube from the exterior of hte body into the stomach.Gastrostomy
Catheterization is the medical term meaning insertion of a tube into a duct or cavity.
A nasogastric tube is placed through the nose and into the stomach.Nasogastric intubation
The medical term for the inner diameter of a tube is "lumen."
salpingian
Hematosalpinx is the term meaning blood in the fallopian tubes.
Urethra
salpingectomy
thoracostomy or CTI
Cardiac catheterization si the medical term meaning passing a tube through a vessel into the heart.
salpingostomy