( ( ( A ( thin device ) ) ( that ( can ( be ( inserted ( into ( ( the body ) ( ( ( through ( natural openings ) ) or ) ( through ( ( a ( ( very small ) incision ) ) ( in ( ( ( the skin ) , ) ( an endoscope ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ( is ( used ( ( ( by ( physicians ( for ( imaging ( inside ( the body ) ) ) ) ) ) and ) ( for ( ( performing ( diagnostic ( and ( surgical procedures ) ) ) ) ( without ( having ( to ( make ( large-scale incisions ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT A) (JJ thin) (NN device)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN inserted) (PP (IN into) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN body)) (PP (PP (IN through) (NP (JJ natural) (NNS openings))) (CC or) (PP (IN through) (NP (NP (DT a) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ small)) (NN incision)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN skin)) (, ,) (NP (DT an) (NN endoscope))))))))))))))) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN used) (PP (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (NNS physicians)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (NN imaging)) (PP (IN inside) (NP (DT the) (NN body))))))) (CC and) (PP (IN for) (S (VP (VBG performing) (NP (JJ diagnostic) (CC and) (JJ surgical) (NNS procedures)) (PP (IN without) (S (VP (VBG having) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB make) (NP (JJ large-scale) (NNS incisions)))))))))))))) (. .)))
A thin device that can be inserted into the body through natural openings or through a very small incision in the skin, an endoscope is used by physicians for imaging inside the body and for performing diagnostic and surgical procedures without having to make large-scale incisions.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Endoscopes)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN used) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB explore) (NP (DT the) (NN body)) (PP (IN through) (NP (NP (JJ various) (NNS orifices)) (CC or) (NP (JJ minor) (NNS incisions))))))))) (. .)))