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The term "ossicle" literally means "tiny bone". Though the term may refer to any small bone throughout the body, it typically refers to the malleus, incus, and stapes (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) of the middle ear.
30 paź 2023 · The auditory ossicles are a chain of three small bones located in the middle ear. From lateral to medial, these are called the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and the stapes (stirrup). Although they are the three smallest bones in the human body, they are extremely important components of the auditory pathway.
The middle ear contains three tiny bones known as the ossicles: malleus, incus, and stapes. The ossicles were given their Latin names for their distinctive shapes; they are also referred to as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup, respectively. The ossicles directly couple sound energy from the eardrum to the oval window of the cochlea.
31 sty 2008 · The hammer, anvil and stirrup—also known as the malleus, incus, and stapes, respectively, and collectively, as "middle ear ossicles"—are the smallest bones in the human body.
Switch template. Eardrum, Outer Ear, Auditory Canal, Middle Ear, Hammer, anvil and stirrup, Semicircular canals, Cochlea, Auditory nerve, Bone, Inner Ear.
Drag and drop the pins to their correct place on the image.. Pinna, Ear Canal, Ear Drum, Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup, Semicircular Canal, Cochlea, Auditory Nerve.
Drag and drop the pins to their correct place on the image.. Middle Ear, Cochlea, Ear Drum, Stirrup, Outer Ear, Anvil, Inner Ear, Hammer.
