incus

(noun)

small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear; connects the malleus to the stapes

Related Terms

  • malleus
  • stapes
  • pinna
  • tympanum

Examples of incus in the following topics:

  • Reception of Sound

    • The three ossicles are the malleus (also known as the hammer), the incus (the anvil), and stapes (the stirrup).
    • The incus attaches the malleus to the stapes.
    • If we did not have the malleus and the incus, then the vibrations of the tympanum would never reach the inner ear.
  • Audition: Hearing, the Ear, and Sound Localization

    • This is accomplished by a series of three bones in the middle ear: the malleus, the incus, and the stapes.
    • It senses sound vibrations and transfers them onto the incus.
    • The incus (Latin for "anvil") is the bridge between the malleus and the stapes.
    • The stapes (Latin for "stirrup") transfers the vibrations from the incus to the oval window, the portion of the inner ear to which it is connected.
  • Overview of the Axial Skeleton

  • Characteristics of Mammals

    • Mammals have three: the malleus, incus, and stapes.
    • The malleus originated from the articular bone, whereas the incus originated from the quadrate bone.
  • Human Perception of Sound

    • Then we are in the middle ear, which has three very, very small bones: the malleus, incus and stapes.
  • Human Axial Skeleton

    • The auditory ossicles consist of six bones: two malleus bones, two incus bones, and two stapes, one of each on each side.
  • The Axial Skeleton

    • The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) consist of three bones (malleus, incus, and stapes) that are the smallest in the body.
  • Transduction of Sound

    • The middle ear exists between the tympanic membrane (the boundary with the outer ear) and the oval window (the boundary with the inner ear) and consists of three bones: the malleus (meaning hammer), the incus (meaning anvil), and the stapes (meaning stirrup).
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