auditory ossicle
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The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three irregular bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, and are among the smallest bones in the human body. Although the term "ossicle" literally means "tiny bone" (from ) and may refer to any small bone throughout the body, it typically refers specifically to the malleus, incus and stapes ("hammer, anvil, and stirrup") of the middle ear.
Key facts
- Bone.Name
- Ossicles
- Bone.Latin
- Ossicula auditus, ossicula auditoria
- Bone.Image
- File:Temporal bone - The Hungry Artist Multimedia.jpg
- Bone.Caption
- Auditory ossicles: malleus, incus and stapes
- Bone.Image2
- Auditory ossicles-en.svg
- Bone.PartOf
- Middle ear
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Research
6,482 papers- Impact of Otosclerosis on Auditory Ossicle Remodeling: A Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of Stapes Head Overloads.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
- Congenital ossicular defects.Acta oto-rhino-laryngologica Belgica · 1971
- Innovative Categorization and Operative Management of Auditory Ossicle Disruption Following Trauma: Therapeutic Efficacy and Interventional Paradigms.International journal of medical sciences · 2024
- Auditory ossicle abnormalities and hearing loss in the toothless (osteopetrotic) mutation in the rat and their improvement after treatment with colony-stimulating factor-1.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 1999
- Malleus fixation.The Journal of laryngology and otology · 1968
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The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three irregular bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, and are among the smallest bones in the human body. Although the term "ossicle" literally means "tiny bone" (from ) and may refer to any small bone throughout the body, it typically refers specifically to the malleus, incus and stapes ("hammer, anvil, and stirrup") of the middle ear.
The auditory ossicles serve as a kinematic chain to transmit and amplify (intensify) sound vibrations collected from the air by the ear drum to the fluid-filled labyrinth (cochlea). The absence or pathology of the auditory ossicles would constitute a moderate-to-severe conductive hearing loss.