artificial airway

Introduction

Artificial device for passage of air into & out of the lungs.

Includes:

• laryngeal mask airway
• oral airway
• oropharyngeal airway
• nasopharyngeal airway
• combitube
• endotracheal tube

More general terms

• airway
• artificial tissue

More specific terms

• combitube
• endotracheal tube (ETT, tracheal tube)
• laryngeal mask airway (LMA)
• nasopharyngeal airway
• oral airway
• oropharyngeal airway (OPA)