Sentence examples for can become obstructed from inspiring English sources

The air passageways located in the neck (the windpipe and the larynx, or voice box) can become obstructed, causing suffocation.

Executives asserted, as they have before, that the sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota cars was caused by gas pedals that can become obstructed by floor mats or stick because of design flaws, and not by problems in the electronic systems.

Without these capillary channels, the flow of the electrolyte can become obstructed by the bulk liquid metal, hindering the flow speed of the liquid metal.

The nurses (ICU or wards) should be experienced in the care of oral and maxillofacial surgery patients [15] because the nasotracheal tube can become obstructed easily from bleeding and mucous secretion and sometimes the patients have maxillomandibular fixation.

For example, scarring of the intestines can cause the tubular structure to become obstructed through narrowing.

In addition, micro-robots could deliver drugs directly to veins inside the retina that have become obstructed by clots, a condition that can cause blindness and for which there is at present no reliable cure.

In time the walls tend to degenerate, and the vessels either dilate, with the danger of bursting, or become obstructed.

In this condition the abnormal venous channel draining to the right side of the heart may become obstructed.

PAH, in which the pulmonary arteries become obstructed, results in right ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure.

One is sleep apnea, in which breathing becomes obstructed during sleep, causing the child to wake up frequently.

The disorder occurs when a person's airway becomes obstructed.