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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.

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]

malleus

/mal·le·us/ (mal´e-us) [L.] the outermost of the auditory ossicles, and the one attached to the tympanic membrane; its club-shaped head articulates with the incus

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.

malleus

[mal′ē·əs] pl. mallei
Etymology: L, hammer
one of the three ossicles in the middle ear, resembling a hammer with a head, neck, and three processes. It is connected to the tympanic membrane and transmits sound vibrations to the incus, which communicates with the stapes. Compare incus, stapes. See also middle ear.

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.

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.
[L. a hammer]

malleus

The outermost and largest of three small bones of the middle ear, the auditory ossicles. From the Latin malleus, a hammer.

malleus

or

hammer

the hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three ear ossicles.

Malleus

One of the three bones of the middle ear. It is also known as the "hammer."
Mentioned in: Stapedectomy

malleus

1. the largest of the three ossicles of the ear; called also hammer.
2. glanders.
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It appeared to arise from a central area of the tympanic membrane, and it extended underneath the malleus into the anterior mesotympanum.
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