Look up: incus

1. incus
   [n] - the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
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2. Incus
   The center bone of the series of three small bones, or ossicles, of the middle ear. Sometimes called the anvil
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3. incus
   A bone in the middle ear
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4. Incus
   A bone situated in the middle ear.
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5. Incus
   Incus: One of the three tiny bones in the middle ear. Sound impulses coming from the eardrum are conveyed from the malleus to the incus and from the incus to the stapes at the oval window to the inner ear. Incus is Latin for anvil.
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6. incus
   the upper portion of a Cumulonimbus spread out in the shape of an anvil with a smooth, fibrous or striated appearance. Category: The cosmos
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7. Incus
   In'cus noun [ Latin , anvil.] 1. An anvil. 2. (Anat.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear . 3. (Zoology) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.
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8. incus
   <anatomy> One of three ossicles in the ear lying between the malleus and stapes. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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9. incus
   anvil noun the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
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10. incus
    (ing´kәs) the middle of the three auditory ossicles in the middle ear. Called also anvil.
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11. Incus
    • (n.) An anvil. • (n.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear. • (n.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.
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12. incus
    (from the article `sound reception`) ...and two tympanic muscles. The tympanic membrane bulges inward, unlike the usually outward-bulging membrane of reptiles and birds. The elements in ... The malleus and incus are suspended by small elastic ligaments and are finely balanced, with their masses evenly distributed above and below their ....
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13. incus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ing′kŭs, in-kū′dis, in-kū′dēz Definitions: 1. The middle of the three ossicles in the middle ear; it has a body and two limbs or processes (long crus of incus and short crus of incus); at the tip of the long crus is a small knob, the le...
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14. Incus
    The incus or anvil is the anvil-shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear. Incus means "anvil" in Latin. It connects the malleus to the stapes. It was first described by Alessandro Achillini of Bologna. The incus transmits sound vibrations from the malleus to the stapes. The incus only exists ...
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15. INCUS
    The middle ossicle of the ear, that helps to conduct vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the oval window of the inner ear.
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16. incus
    Latin = anvil, hence the anvil-shaped ossicle of the middle ear.
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17. incus
    (ing;kus) The middle of three auditory ossicles within the middle-ear chamber; commonly called the anvil.
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18. incus
    (ing;kus) The middle of three auditory ossicles within the middle-ear chamber; commonly called the anvil.
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