| A video chip in the colonoscope transmits an image of the lining of the colon to a monitor. |
| Your doctor will probably look inside your intestines with a sigmoidoscope or a colonoscope. |
| A colonoscope is a long thin flexible tube composed of a flexible bundle of fibers that transmits images on a television screen. |
| Surprisingly, those who had the colonoscope in longer on average remembered less total pain. |
| It involves diluting stool with a liquid, like salt water, and then pumping it into the intestinal tract via an enema, a colonoscope or a tube run through the nose into the stomach or small intestine. |
| A biopsy may also be conducted in which abnormal tissue is removed by using the colonoscope and then examined under a microscope for signs of cancer. |
