2006-09-08 06:12:10 · 7 answers · asked by Incredible M 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
a catherter is a tube inserted into a person uretha to assist in urination.
2006-09-08 06:14:54 · answer #1 · answered by mex-o-funk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In medicine, a catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity duct or vessel. Catheters thereby allow drainage or injection of fluids or access by surgical instruments. The process of inserting a catheter is catheterization. In most uses a catheter is a thin, flexible tube: a "soft" catheter; in some uses, it is a larger, solid tube: a "hard" catheter.
2006-09-08 13:17:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A catheter is an artificial passage from the outside of the body to an inner portion....bladder is typical, but you can also have a heart catheter...as in angioplasty (2nd most common). IV's are also a type of catheter....
2006-09-08 13:15:12 · answer #3 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A catheter if a medical devise used to help people who are unable to urinate on their own for various reasons. IE. lack of mobility; after surgery,. It is usually a sterile plastic tube inserted into the bladded opening and contected to an external bag, that can be empitied when needed.
2006-09-08 13:17:28 · answer #4 · answered by honeybear64_2000 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many types of catheters. Usually it is a tube like device. The most common goes into the urethra to the bladder to make one able to empty the bladder. there are other types like a heart catheterization.
2006-09-08 13:17:01 · answer #5 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a catheter is a thin pliable tube inserted in the place where you pee.its used in hospitals on people ,who are going in for ops ,or after ops.to drain the urine.instead of using the loo.from mikhal in israel
2006-09-08 13:19:02 · answer #6 · answered by mikhal k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tube used to clear one's bladder when one can't do it without assistance
2006-09-08 13:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by Akkakk the befuddled 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋