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Ossicles
(redirected from auditory ossicle)

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Ossicles
The three small bones of the middle ear: the malleus (hammer), the incus (anvil) and the stapes (stirrup). These bones help carry sound from the eardrum to the inner ear.
Mentioned in: Otitis Media, Stapedectomy
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For example, modification of the bones of the jaw in fish resulted in the development of auditory ossicles and a newly formed middle ear in what eventually became humans.
Phylogeny and embryology of the facial nerve and related structures. ... by Selber, Jesse C. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Enlow's integrative approach to human skeletal development and morphology, and is based on extensive studies that date from 1955 to 1990 from human, monkey, cat, rabbit and rat craniofacial and postcranial specimens that represent various projects ranging from the ontogeny of auditory ossicle histology to the cleft palate.
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