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Tissue samples have been taken from your respiratory organs.

The airways and lungs are part of the respiratory organs. When we breathe, the air gets into the body via the respiratory tract. The respiratory tract can be divided into the upper and the lower respiratory tracts. The nose and throat form part of the upper respiratory tract. The lower respiratory tract begins at the larynx. This includes the trachea and the bronchia. You need lungs to breathe. When we breathe in, oxygen enters the lungs and accumulates in the blood. This blood then flows to the heart. The heart then pumps the oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. All of the organs are supplied with oxygen as a result.

To take the tissue samples, a tube was inserted into your trachea. Images from the examined area can be transmitted to the outside via the tube. It can then be seen whether the tissue is healthy or changed.

A probe was then pushed through the tube in order to take the tissue samples from you. The probe was chilled so that a piece of tissue freezes fast to the tip of the probe. The tissue samples are then sent to a laboratory where they are examined more closely under a microscope.