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Choana Choanoid Choanocyte
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ CHOANA    singular or
~ CHOANAE   plural for 
            gr CHOANAE = FUNNEL like or
                         INFUNDIBULUM like or
     POSTERIOR CHOANAE  
     med> paired OPENINGS BETWEEN 
          THE NASAL CAVITY AND 
              THE NASOPHARYNX or UPPER PHARYNX
~ CHOANOID    for FUNNEL SHAPED
~ CHOANOCYTE  biol> gr KYTHOS for HOLLOW VESSEL
                    A TYPICAL CELL OF SPONGES   
 
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