Fossa/fossae and choana/choanae
Posted By: NCMT on 2008-01-24
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Subject: Fossa/fossae and choana/choanae
When talking about tonsils, is there more than one tonsillar fossa? When talking about the nasopharynx, is there more than one choana? Docs never distinguish whether plural or singular!!
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choana/choanae? (nm)
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Subject: it is fossa - thanks !
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Subject: Maybe fossa?
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Subject: maybe scaphoid fossa....
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Subject: would there be intrauterine s/l fossa? was seen in
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Subject: olecranon fossa
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Subject: after the tonsillectomy says the tonsillar fossa were
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Subject: Could it be cubital fossa "something?"
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Subject: closest thing I found is fossa - not really your s/l though
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Subject: I think nana is right but check to see if you hear fossa.
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Subject: Pt. undergoing elbow replacement. We used s/l Tresign reamer to open the olecranon fossa.
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