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malleus
[mal´e-us]the outermost and largest of the three ossicles of the ear; called also hammer. See also color plates.
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mal·le·us
, gen. and pl.mal·le·i
(mal'ē-ŭs, mal'ē-ī), [TA]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 tympanic membrane, and the head articulates with a saddle-shaped surface on the body of the incus.
Synonym(s): hammer
[L. a hammer]
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malleus
(măl′ē-əs)n. pl. mallei (măl′ē-ī′)
The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small bones in the mammalian middle ear. Also called hammer.
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malleus
A tiny hammer-shaped auditory ossicle that inserts at the inner face of the tympanic membrane and articulates with the incus, which, in turn, articulates with the stapes.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
mal·le·us
, pl. mallei (mal'ē-ŭs, -ī) [TA]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 tympanic membrane, and the head articulates with a saddle-shaped surface on the body of the incus.
Synonym(s): hammer.
Synonym(s): hammer.
[L. a hammer]
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malleus
The outermost and largest of three small bones of the middle ear, the auditory ossicles. From the Latin malleus, a hammer.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
malleus
orhammer
the hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three ear ossicles.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Malleus
One of the three bones of the middle ear. It is also known as the "hammer."
Mentioned in: Stapedectomy
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