Look up: Malleus

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   Malleus
   The malleus is a small bone in the middle ear which transmits sound vibrations from the tympanum to the incus.
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   Malleus
   one of the three bones of the inner ear. The others are the stapes and the incus.
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   malleus
   [n] - the ossicle attached to the eardrum
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   Malleus
   The first bone in the series of three small bones, or ossicles, of the middle ear. Sometimes called the hammer
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   malleus
   A bone in the middle ear
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   Malleus
   Malleus: A tiny bone shaped like a minute mallet in the middle ear. The malleus transmits the sound vibrations from the eardrum to the incus, another little bone in the middle ear. Malleus is Latin for mallet, hammer.
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   Malleus
   Mal'le·us noun ; plural Mallei . [ Latin , hammer. See Mall a beetle.] 1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far . 2. (Zoology) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. ...
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   malleus
   Origin: L, hammer. See Mall a beetle. ... 1. <anatomy> The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. ... 2. <zoology> One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. ... 3. <zoology> A genus of bivalve sh ...
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   malleus
   hammer noun the ossicle attached to the eardrum
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    Malleus
    The `malleus` or `hammer` is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear which connects with the incus and is attached to the inner surface of the eardrum. The word is Latin for `hammer`. It transmits the sound vibrations from the eardrum to the `incus`. The malleus is unique to mammals, and evolved from a lower jaw bone in basal amniotes called the articular, which still forms part of the jaw joint in reptiles.
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    malleus
    (mal´e-әs) the outermost and largest of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear. Called also hammer.
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    Malleus
    • (n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. • (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far. • (n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.Malleus: words in the def...
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    malleus
    (from the article `ear, human`) ...the middle-ear cavity is the short ossicular chain formed by three tiny bones that link the tympanic membrane with the oval window and inner ear ... ...chain of three elements, and two tympanic muscles. The tympanic membrane bulges inward, unlike the usually outward-bulging membrane of reptiles ... ...
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    malleus
    malleus (singular), mallei (plural) 1. The outermost of the three small bones (malleus, incus, and stapes) in the ear of mammals, that transmits the vibrations of the tympanum to the incus or anvil. 2. The largest of the three auditory ossicles, resembling a club rather than a hammer; it is regarded as having a head, below which is the neck, ...
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    malleus
    The largest of the three auditory ossicles, resembling a club rather than a hammer; it is regarded as having a head, below which is the neck, and from this diverge the handle or manubrium, and the slender, anterior process; from the base of the manubrium the short lateral process arises. The manubrium and lateral process are firmly attached to the ...
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