Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
koan
English translation:
posterior nasal aperture/choana
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Swedish term
koan
Swedish to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Anatomy
Translating text on sleep apnoea investigation. The term occurs in "Finns en hypertrof adenoid som ockluderar 60% av koan vä sida". Any ideas? Is it possibly a misspelling?
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| 3 +2 | posterior nasal aperture/choana |
Tania McConaghy
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Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Specializes in field
Sweden
Pharmacist and Translator
Native in: English (Variant: Australian) 
Works in: Swedish to English, English
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posterior nasal aperture/choana
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Example sentence:
The choanae are the posterior apertures of the nose. Each choana is bounded medially by the vomer, inferiorly by the horizontal plate of the palatine bone, laterally by the medial pterygoid plate, and superiorly by the body of the sphenoid bone
The effect of nasopharyngeal pressures on a pliant Eustachian tube (Toynbee phenomenon) due to obstruction of the posterior nasal choanae by the adenoid mass was suggested as a possible cause of functional Eustachian tube obstruction.
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